>I have customer who would like me to put a "box" around each detail record in a report. This detail record consists of textboxes and editboxes.
>I can get it to work very nicely with stretches and all if I put a single line as the divider between each detail band.
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>However, when I try to put a rectangle around it ... If the data spills over onto the next page, the rectangle prints on the second page completely and not on the first page at all.
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>I tried building the box with a combination of 4 lines and then the 2 vertical lines act just like a box ... they print only on the second page and not on the first page when the data spills over onto a second page.
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>Any ideas on how to deal with this ?


Check the "Also print when detail overflows to new page/column" option on the box. If you don't check this option, the box only prints on the second page. If you check this option, the box prints on both pages.

Cathy