Re: reports page numbering

Thanks fo the reply. After making the changes you suggested the report kept falling over with the error "REP-1212 object 'margin' is not fully enclosed by enclosing object 'cf_tot_net_payment' ". This doesn't seem to make any sense as cf_tot_net_payment is the name of a formula column and there is no similarly named layout object.

The reason I put in max horizontal panels = 1 and max vertical panels = 2 is simply because my layout drawing is spread over more than one page and when I've tried to do reports with large layouts before this is what I've had to do in order to avoid the REP-1212 messages. But I've never had to create page numbering which resets at anything below report level before so I've been getting away with it.

Any more suggestions very welcome. Thanks again. Jacqui

"Richard Senior" <richard_at_milldam.com> wrote in message news:9k8c49$r70$1_at_gate.local...
> In article <3b66b5d0$1_at_news.norweb.net>,
> "Jacqui" <Jacqui.Spencer_at_its.lancscc.gov.uk> writes:
>
> > I have a report where the logical page size is two panels long.
> > The first panel (always one physical page) is a returnable slip and the
> > second panel contains lots of repeating groups detailing payments and
 can
> > spread to many physical pages.
> > There is a repeating group (R1) spanning the whole logical page, this is
 the
> > top group of the report. The report has a body section and margin only,
> > no header or trailer. In the report properties max horizontal panels = 1
> > and max vertical panels = 2. I'm using reports v3.
>
> Are you sure you need logical pages?
>
> > I want to number the pages in a "page # of # " fashion and reset the
> > counting at R1.
>
> <snip>
>
> > This seems to work fine for every instance of the repeating frame,
 except
> > the first one. In an example where the first instance of the repeating
 group
> > is two physical pages long, the page numbers come out as "page 0 of 1"
 and
> > "page 1 of 1". On subsequent groups the page numbers are correct though.
>
> <snip>
>
> If I understand correctly you have what is essentially a master-detail
> report, with the cover slip being the master and the backup material the
> detail. You want to have the cover slip on its own physical page and the
> related detail starting on the next page? Each group of cover-slip and
> detail should be numbered as a separate report?
>
> I see this as a simple master-detail structure:
>
> DATA MODEL LAYOUT MODEL
>
> +-----+
> | Q |
 +-----+
> |

 +-----+         +-R_1---------------+


> | G_1 |   -->   v    Cover Slip     |


 +-----+         |                   |


>    |            |                   |

 +-----+         | +-R_2-----------+ |


> | G_2 |   -->   | v    Detail     | |


> +-----+         | +---------------+ |

>                 +-------------------+