Re: Columns in Oracle Reports

I think it might work if you put your repeating frame in a non-repeating frame with a fixed size equal to that of the column on your form.

When the frame is full, it should put the next records on the next page.

Reports is hard.

JR

jcooper_at_jaguar1.usouthal.edu (John Cooper) wrote in message news:<42274c7a.0407200751.486b9bbd_at_posting.google.com>...
> I am using Oracle Reports (Report Builder 6.0.8.16.0) to print
> information on a pre-printed form. The form has two columns, with the
> right column containing a section at the bottom for a signature. The
> problem I am having is I want to fill the first column completely, but
> stop before I get to the signature section on the second column.
>
> My initial approach was to have a repeating frame with the "print
> direction" set to "down/across", and then place a regular frame at the
> bottom of the right column to stop the repeating frame. The result
> was that the regular frame didn't stop the repeating frame, even after
> setting "Print Object On" to "All Pages".
>
> I also have a lower level repeating frame inside my primary repeating
> frame, so the primary repeating frame has to be expandable. Because
> the actual size of the primary repeating frame is unknown, I can not
> use the "Maximum Records per Page" option to solve my problem either.
>
> Is there a way to solve this problem in Oracle Reports, or is my best
> bet to shorten the left column to make it the size of the right one.
>
> Thank you,
> John
Received on Fri Jul 23 2004 - 15:57:05 CEST