[RBG7-L] - Re: Basic report questions

[Claudine Robbins]

Well, I’ll try to put together the step by step, but it’s much easier to see it done on the finished report.  And, yes, you have to separate the items which will expand in their own regions from those which won’t.  Basically, once you start adding a region which will expand, all other objects below need to be in regions so as to correctly expand based on the previous one.  Sort of like a staircase.  Also, if you haven’t discovered it yet, the ‘mailmerge’ in a richtext allows embedding <db data> to further customize text, or (Edit>Insert Field).  Off-list, I’ll send you a captured image of my report definition.  You can look it over while I work on the step-by-step….   ~Claudine     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 8:40 AM To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Basic report questions   Hello Claudine!  I would love for you to email me privately, but I have a feeling that others here could use your wisdom on this.  When you have a moment, could you put together a nice definition of the steps involved?  Like how you locate the DBMemo, then how do you set up all the fields that follow that DBMemo?  One question that comes to my mind:  is a region set up to hold everything on one "line"?  IOW, if below the memo you have 3 DBTexts on the next row, does the region hold those 3 DBTexts?  Then if you have another row under that, does the region hold fields on that row?  Or can the region encompass several rows if the text will be static? I just went back to my help document about locating regions in reports (the one where I put my own note at the top saying "I read this twice and I still don't understand regions").  And I still don't understand regions. Karen   David is right.  Also, fields must be created/placed on each region (not lassoed and moved unto a region) so that they fit perfectly within the region.  I have a complex report which prints beautifully but it gave me fits to setup.  I can put together a sample and e-mail to you privately.  Just let me know… ~Claudine ?