I am modifying a report that previously worked. In the detail band of the report there are objects which use the transform() function.
e.g. transform(nsubdamt,'99999') or using qtypict function. These objects don't have a problem.

In the subtotal band there are also objects that use transform() . But in the subtotal band, all of the values show up as asterisks.

No matter what I do I can't get them to go away. Steps I took to fix the asterisks:
1) Make the field on the report extremely wide (say 6 inches)
2) instead of using transform use: alltrim(str(ntsubdamt)
3) use transform with no parameters: transform(ntsubdamt) 4) transform(ntsubdamt,'9999999')

The values stored in the detail band and subtotal band are small, i.e. - under 100 in every case.

So I'm pretty sure that the usual reasons for getting asterisks in the report writer, such as the report field not being wide enough, or transform itself returning asterisks, should not be the case here.


I always get 4 asterisks in the subtotal band. There are only two ways that I can get the object to show without asterisks:
1) Show the native number, with decimals - without converting it to a string or using transform.
(when I do this I get the actual number - so I know the actual value in the report is really a small number).

2) Use transform in the expression - but don't use the sum function.

At one point I had this working, but then it broke again. At the point at which I had it working I had recreated the objects in the subtotal band from scratch, as opposed to copying and pasting from another object in the band. Then, it broke again after I changed the NAME of the data group by expression (from 'citemno' to 'xbreakon').


I'm inclined to think that my FRX is corrupt or something similar. Or.. more likely.. something really simple I am overlooking.

Any ideas?