Formatting reports at runtime for varying field heights.

[John F.]

I have a database the creates a report with muliple fields
in the Details section of the report. All of the fields,
except one, will contain data that uses 1 line to
display. One of the fields has data that varys in length
and may be from one to four text lines in height to
display. I have set the CanGrow option to yes so that all
of the data in this field will be displayed. Is there any
way to make the rest of the fields grow (and shrink) with
this one variable field? I also have lines in this
section that are used to make a grid type layout that I
also need to be able to change the height, or top,
property with changing height of the variable textbox.
I have tried, without success, to format these objects in
the OnFormat Event. Is there anything else I could try?
Thank you for any help you can provide.

 

[Duane Hookom]

I would remove all the borders and lines and then use the Line Method in the
On Print of the section containing the controls. The Calendar reports
download at http://www.invisibleinc.com/divFiles.cfm?divDivID=4 uses the
Line method to draw boxes around controls based on which control creates the
tallest box at runtime.

 

[John F.]

Thanks! This was exactly the information I was looking for.