>I have a report with a long detail band. Too long. It prints out a lot of data for a single record. The amount of data is variable, so I use float for all the objects.
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>I used the workaround, and made a dummy group on recno(), putting some objects on the group header, some in detail, and some on the group footer. I used the recommended height of 10.25 for all three bands.
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>Now I can fit all the data on the report. But when only a few fields are populated, it only uses part of each page, and prints 3 pages. I want it to use only as many pages as required, one if there isnt much data, and two or three if there is more data. How can I get it to do this?


Hi Hans,

You might want to have look at www.report-sculptor.com

Amongst other things, It gives you possibility to create report using native form controls
where you have full control over report execution. You drive report directly from code
so you can control precisely whan page is going to eject.

See samples provided in demo project, for determining what scenario suits you the best.

HTH
Sergio