Alex,

If I understand what you're after then I think you've made things quite a bit too complicated for yourself <g>

You don't need to use report variables at all - you can simply use calculated expressions.

In the Total field in the detail band put the expression (Charges + Shipping).
Copy that field and paste it into the group footer band. Open the field expression and click the calculations button and choose Sum and Reset at: same field used for grouping v_caseinvoices_to_print.iCaseID).

I've done this with some of the sample data from the home() + 'Samples\Data\orders.dbf' and it works just fine. I've e-mailed you the sample report.

Cheers,

Andrew

>Hi,
>
>I have a report that prints lists of invoices by client; kinda like a credit card statement where you only see a list of invoice-totals and a total at the bottom.
>
>In this report the invoice totals are calculated on the fly and placed on a report variable called lyInvoiceTotal.
>
>The report is grouped by client, and each group prints on a new page. It looks a bit like this:

>Date:     Description:               Charges:  Shipping:   Total(lyInvoiceTotal)
>10/01/01  Order placed by Hillary    $150.00      $20.00   $170.00
>10/05/01  Flowers for Susy           $200.00      $45.00   $245.00
>
>Total:                                                     $415.00
>(The grand total ($415) is giving me a grand headache).
>Then another page is printed for another client

>
>I finally got it to work, but it's not pretty and much less intuitive, which means that if I have to change anything to this report in 3 weeks I'll probably go nuts. Here's what I've done:
>
>- Created report variable called lyInvoiceTotal with the following:
> - Value To Store: 0
> - Initial value: 0
> - Reset at: same field used for grouping (v_caseinvoices_to_print.iCaseID)
>
>- Created another report variable called lyPageTotal with the following:
> - Value To Store: lyInvoiceTotal
> - Initial value: 0
> - Reset at: same field used for grouping (v_caseinvoices_to_print.iCaseID)
>
>- The charges and shipping fields are actually return values from function that also update the lyInvoiceTotal variable (i.e. lyInvoiceTotal = lyInvoiceTotal + lyReturnValue)
>
>- In the detail band's entry event I call a function that sets lyInvoiceTotal to zero.
>
>- In the detail band's exit event I call a function that does just this:
>lyPageTotal = lyPageTotal + lyInvoiceTotal
>
>
>There has to be a more straight forward way to total report-variables than this. Any ideas?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Alex