Problem with naming group headers.

[Frank Martin]

Our new invoice report RptINVOICE has the following headers:

ReportHeader
PageHeader
A DeliveryAddress header
An Account address header
An Order header
Details
Page Footer
Report Footer.

The Delivery, Account and Order headers seem to need a name related to the
subreports in each, and such a name can be selected from the drop-down box
in each line of the "Grouping & Sorting" box.

Does it matter which field is selected from the drop-down box since they all
seem to work?

Also, what is the correct method of deleting an entry in the "Grouping &
Sorting" box?

Please help, Frank

 

[Allen Browne]

The simplest approach would be to create one invoice for each order. In this
case, you would just use these sections:
- Order header (title, date, and address panel)
- Detail (for the line items)
- Order footer (for the invoice total)
No subreports are needed.

If your invoice does cover multiple orders listing each one, you would need:
- Invoice header (title, date, account address panel)
- Order header (order num, order date, delivery address)
- Detail (line items for the order)
- Order footer (subtotal for the order)
- Invoice footer (total for the invoice)

There are other possible scenarios, e.g. where some order items are back
ordered, and so an invoice contains selective lines of an order rather than
complete orders.

To delete a line in the Sorting And Grouping dialog, click the "record
selector" to the left of the line, and press the <Del> key.

To remove the Report Header and Footer, click the item on the View menu.
Same for Page Header/Footer.

 

[Frank Martin]

Thanks.
I only use the subreports for the delivery & account addresses, and
otherwise I have done as you suggest.
Regards, Frank