>>>I have a field in the detail band that I want the average of in the group footer and summary. I copied the field to the two places and clicked "average" under calculations.
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>>>The problem is that I don't want to see the decimal places. So I put a format of 999. It doesn't print anything. Not astrisks, not anything. If I don't put a format, it prints the number with all the decimal places. I tried ROUND(gpmper,0) and that doesn't work, either.
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>>>Any ideas?
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>>>Thanks,
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>>>Michelle
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>>Hi Michelle,
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>>How many decimal places it gives you?
>>Did you try to change the report field width?
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>4. The size doesn't matter. No matter how big I make it, if I have a mask, it doesn't print anything.
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>Thanks,
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>Michelle
So is the field physically large enough on the report form? Maybe all you're seeing is the leading spaces? Try making the field on the report larger, using Shift-RightArrow after you've selected it.