report whitespace problem

[Peter Kaufman]

Hi,

I have several variations of a report, all of which have the following
problem. When printing (both preview and to paper) there is about an
inch of white space on the page footer before the controls print out.
So I am losing that 1" which I need badly.

In case this isn't clear, an example would be a label in the page
footer butted up against the Page Footer Bar, but when it prints, it
shows about 1" below the detail section instead of immediately after
it.

Has anyone experienced this and/or have any ideas on a solution?

Thanks,

Peter

 

[Gary Walter]

I have several variations of a report, all of which have the following
problem. When printing (both preview and to paper) there is about an
inch of white space on the page footer before the controls print out.
So I am losing that 1" which I need badly.

In case this isn't clear, an example would be a label in the page
footer butted up against the Page Footer Bar, but when it prints, it
shows about 1" below the detail section instead of immediately after
it.

Has anyone experienced this and/or have any ideas on a solution?

Hi Peter,

I'm not sure I understand completely, but..

Right-mouse click on Detail and choose Properties.
Set CanShrink and CanGrow to yes.

I tend to think the Page Footer section is always
based on a "bottom-up" reference, so will *always*
be "at the bottom" of the page.

If you need to get more Detail at bottom of page,
then try above.

Otherwise, I just don't understand.

good luck,

gary

 

[Peter Kaufman]

Hi Gary,

The footer doesn't have a shrink/grow property. It is set to allow on
the detail section.

Another try at explaining the problem: The detail section is full of
data. One would expect that anything in the *top part*, - the *top
edge* of the footer section would print *immediately* after the data
in the detail section,and usually, in my experience, it does. But in
this case it doesn't. There is whitespace between them - between the
detail section and the data in the top part of the footer.

Thanks,

Peter

 

[Gary Walter]

Hi Peter,

What would I do?

1) First, probably add a colored line at bottom of Detail
and differently colored line at top of page footer.

Then I for sure would have some reference (in my mind).

2) Delete everything in page footer (except line).
Check the lines.
Add something.
Check the lines.
Keep adding one by one until done
or get "troublemaker."

3) Toggle "Keep Together"
- in Detail
where are lines now?
- in Sorting/Grouping

Just one man's test algorithm...
apologies that don't have "for sure" answer.

gary

 

[Gary Walter]

One more thing Peter...

I have never had a Page Footer print
*immediately* after the detail section.

For me, it always fills in *up* from printer
bottom margin.

A *Report Footer* will print *immediately*
after last Detail.

Of course, I could be wrong...

gary

 

[Peter Kaufman]

No, you are not wrong. I was. Moved the controls to the report footer
and it is working now.

Thanks a lot,

Peter