>>>You don't need SetVar in this case. You can create a Report variable and set it to COUNT
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>>I guess you are right, I first tried that also, but the result is:
>>Green
>>White
>>Green
>>Green
>>Green
>>White
>>Green
>>White
>>White
>>
>>So I figured because I have two groups, and the count would happen per detail, it will not work.
>>I should have mentioned that the printed line is in the footer band, not the detail, because the report only displays counts of records. Therefore I tried to use the Setvar, but whereever I place the setvar it shows odd results.
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>You can send me your report, I'll take a look at night.

You are too kind. As you can see on the report, there is not much to the report, except that there are the groups and I try to use one variable to have the green shape alternating on/off.
http://www.gammaresearch.com/reportProblem.zip