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Forcing Report to draw extra detail rows
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03/11/2010 13:48:04
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01487978
Message ID:
01488017
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45
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a report that must have 15 rows drwan even if 15 detail rows are not present in the driving cursor. The report layout I am duplicating has boxes in a grid format for the data to be filled in. How do I draw these boxes/lines for the "missing" rows?
>>>>>
>>>>>I can't just add in extra rows to the cursor as there are many groups that must be printed and each group prints on a new page, so I would have to add in extra rows for each group (which I guess I could do, but I'm hoping there is another way that might be easier).
>>>>
>>>>The solution is to add extra rows for each group. Each group mush have 15 rows - so, have a table with number from 1 to 15 and left join with your table.
>>>
>>>Suppose I can't add extra rows, what alternatives are there?
>>
>>Cteate a function or form's method, that will produce the needed number of rows, place it in the details band.
>
>Do you have an example or a bit more details on how to do this?

I like Borislav's idea. It sounds easier to implement than the idea I had in mind.
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