Best way to format??

[FRED_EMMERICH_(Guest)]

I have a report where I want to print 15 rows EVERY time, which are the records. I will have a subtotal, remainder, and total future row beneath these. My problem is I want 15 row to show up every time where or not there are more or less than 15 records for my yearly numbers. What is the best way to approach this? I am playing with logical printing of filler rows with just zeroes, but I am wondering if setting up 15 calculated fields for each row and then just populating them with data or zeroes is the way to go. Or is there another way?____Thanks

[Pat_Dempsey_(Guest)]

It^s easy to get rid of rows > 15 by just suppressing printing if the record number is > 15. However, getting a report writer to print lines when there is no record may be a real trick. If you can control the file containing the records, padding records with blanks when there are less than 15 records seems to be a straight forward approach.____I^d be interested in the other possible solutions on this one.____Pat__

[kfleming]

Is what you need to print 15 lines for each group even if there fewer than 15 records for that group?____You could do that with logical line printing of group footer bands based on the total records for that group.____Kathleen__R&R Support

[FRED_EMMERICH_(Guest)]

Yes, I do want 15 records (years) to print whether or not there are more or less than 15. I started down the road of setting up group footer bands with zeroes and trigger them to print based on the number of years actually there. It is getting complicated since I have to set up 15 rows (max # to print) and I have 3 sets of these 15 on my report page. So I was looking for a more compact way to do it and I thought maybe using logicals within fields to either print the real record or display a zero.

[kfleming]

I think that the route you are going is the simplest way (even if not so elegant) to get there.____Kathleen__R&R Support