>>>Im my report I made with the report writer, I have a detail record
>>>band. I would like this band to display two detail records at a time. How do I make my detail band return to get the next record after it had read the first record? I want the detail record band to read and print and go get the next record. I guest I need to code a
>>>return. can you help?
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>>Just to clarify, are you trying to print the data from 2 records side-by-side? e.g., all the odd records on the left half of the page and all the even records on the right half of the page?
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>>Otherwise, I am confused.
>Hi Mark...
>I want to print the following:
>year
>1999 data of 1999
>2000 data of 2000
>I need to do this all in the same detail band. I am using vfp60 report writer.

If your data is sorted chronologically, create a data grouping on the YEAR() of the date field. Put the Year in the group header.