>>My report has 2 groups. There is one inside group where the details run to the end of the page and the group footer is on the following page. The problem is that the group header for the following group prints ahead of the group footer for the first group.
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>>Does anyone know how to fix this?
>>Thanks.
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>You have stumbled onto a known bug (and one that really ticks me off!!). If the group header is marked to reprint on subsequent pages .. it does .. but the report writer has incorrectly moved the record pointer to the next record so any data you try to print from the table/cursor is the wrong information. The workaround is to create report variables for each field you want to print in the group header. However, you can't just print the report variables because the first time the group header prints, the report variables haven't been set yet because the first detail band hasn't been processed yet and that's when the report variables get set. So you have to pull further tricks by counting the records printed for a group and printing the table data for the first time .. and then the report variable for subsequent times in the group header using IIF(firsttime, table.field, reportvariable) ... or separate fields with print when logic.
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>Read my blog here:
>http://cathypountney.blogspot.com/2007/12/gotcha-workaround-for-data-group-bug.html

Hi Cathy
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I had already found your blog yesterday and I have added my support for your request to MS to fix it. My first attempt to use the workaround failed but I can give it another try. My headers have shapes in them and I was wondering if they could be manipulated using the variables and the print when clause. Does that seem like it would work?