If I remember correctly I also had these empty pages when printing without headers and footers. I think the flaw is that...
either, the designers had the presumption that there will always be at least one detail2 record;
or, the designers had the presumption that detail2 data are not meant to be printed on a new page;
or, the designers and testers have forgotten to check for this combination.

I might decide to redesign my own reporting. The trouble is that the detail2 data are actually pictures of varying size. Page 1 shows the textual data of a problem report, whereas screendumps (IF any) are to be printed starting on page 2. Suppose I'd tell my report to not print the pictures on a new page, a first *little* picture would print on page 1 and a first *big* picture would overflow to the next page. It gives an inconsistent, non-professional representation.

I have also tried to force the textual data to occupy all space on page 1, by creating one dummy object that absorbs all remaining white space, but somehow I did not succeed. Perhaps you know the trick to do this?


>IMO .. this is a flaw in the design of multiple detail bands. If you have headers and footers around the band, it always processes them, even if there aren't any details for that band. I haven't come up with a way to work around this yet. I'm sure there's some complex ReportListener concept that could do it, but I haven't had the time to figure it out.
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>>Hi All,
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>>I already asked for help in thread #1319611, but so far to no avail. So I ask again.
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>>On a report I must show detail1 data on a new page and detail2 data on a next page. I succeed in printing detail1 data on a new page and detail2 data on a next page, but a detail2/next page is even generated if there are no detail2 data to print. It gives an empty page (apart from a header/footer).
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>>For this case I have created a zipfile. It can be downloaded here: http://hyp.viafox.nl/ut/testcase_emptypages.zip
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>>I have tried all combinations I could think of. Nothing helps, or it creates another issue. Help is very much appreciated.