Blank Pages

[msearle]

Hi All,
I have a report with 3 groups. The first 3 pages of the report print as follows:

Page 1 - Report header + page footer ONLY
Page 2 - Page header + page footer + group 1 header ONLY
Page 3 - Page header + page footer + all group headers + all group footers + data

Deleting the groups removes the problem, but isn't exactly what I want to do - the groups are there for a reason! I've played with most of the group formatting options, but no luck. Is there a simple explanation to this one?

Thanks

 

[LoaferMan]

As far as the first page goes, Right click on the Report Header and Suppress it. Reports rarely need a Report header, only Page headers.

Make sure you don't have the box checked that says "New Page After" beside the Group Header when you right click in the Design area and choose Format. Make sure the "New Page After" box is not check by the Report Header section.

That may eliminate some of the extra pages. It would help us if we could know the formatting options you have chosen for your Group Header, Group Footer, and Detail section.

LoaferMan

 

[msearle]

The current group formatting options are set as follows:

Group 1 Header - keep together, suppress blank section
Group 2 Header - keep together, suppress blank section
Group 3 Header - keep together, suppress
Group 3 Footer - keep together
Group 2 Footer - keep together, suppress
Group 1 Footer - keep together, suppress
Detail - keep together

The 'New Page After' box isn't ticked anywhere.

 

[Ngolem]

Are all the "Keep together"'s necessary...If your sections contain large blocks of data this will cause the page splits.

Weird things can happen too if a section is so large that it is over page in itself.

Play with the "Keep Togethers"

Also there are 3 types of "Keep Togethers"

1. on the Group itself (look in "Change Group" at the bottom
2. on a report section (in the Section Expert)
3. On an individual field (look at the field format

Be choosey about which "Keep Togethers" you use...they all interact

Jim