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BUG: Report bands stretching onto new page
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This sounds intriguing and I'd be interested in seeing it. If you'd like me to look at it, send me the report and some sample data that causes the problem (zipped). I'll see if I can come up with a solution.

Cathy


>I have created a simple three field report, where each field is positioned from left to right and is allowed to stretch.
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>When one of the fields stretches onto a new page, but the other columns do not, the following corruptions occur:
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>1. Sometimes the band on the new page does not stretch, and the text from the long field bleeds into the next row
>2. Somtimes a shorter field will be duplicated again on the next page
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>The behaviour above is consistent for a given report, but changes according to the left/right layout of the fields. I have found no work arounds. The bug does not occur on the same report under VFP7.
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>Does anyone have any experience of this before I add it to the bug list?
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>(It is a shame that whilst Microsoft steadfastly refuse to improve reporting, they seem quite happy to break it.)
Cathy Pountney, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
Memorial Business Systems, Inc. (www.mbs-intl.com)

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