Thanks Sergey...will give it a read. BTW, is there an option on the UT screen to mark a message as a "private reply" - I would mainly use it if I were just sending back a "thanks".

Albert

>Check Re: Problem with Total Value on a 2-band report Message #1178959
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>>Report will have 3 tables - parent_table is 1 record (so stuff usually goes into header area); Table_2 has multiple child records; table_3 has multiple child records as well.
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>>Both tables 2 and 3 are related to parent_table.
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>>Have started to do this and running into snag with message "table3 is not related to current work area". Does this mean a throwback to the old days (at least old to me) of using SET RELATION TO commands? Havent used since FP-DOS days.
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>>I realize I need to read up more on this - any good articles that cover the basics of multiple detail bands?
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