Sub Report Padding

[jjay]

I have embedded a sub report into my main report.

I am putting my sub report flush left and top of the Detail band, but when I generate the report, it is positioned down and to the right. It looks like there is top and left padding of the sub report but I can't find settings for this anywhere.

Does anyone know how to display a sub report against the left and top of the page without the 'padding'?

Thanks in advance.

Jason

[mw916]

Does your subreport have margins? Remove all margins from a subreport and see if that helps. Otherwise, margins stack up and it ain't pretty.

[jjay]

mw916, thank you so much for your input. It is great to know this tool is being used and I'm not the only one having issues.

I ended up giving up on Report Builder for this project. I just had to move on. Ended up scripting the report and had it done and delivered in 2 days (compared to 2 weeks of fighting with Report Builder).

I will definately use report builder again though (it has some good points), and will give your suggestions a try.

Thanks again !

[Daverms]

Hi Jason,

Which version of CF you are using there?...

If you are using CFMX7 then you *must* install the cumulative hotfix in order to avoid all the pitfalls of using the sub reports.

Please refer Dean's site here

http://www.cfreport.org/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=176D9274-3048-2D03-0A269B3D401CBA95

HTH

[jjay]

Hi Dean... I'm on CF8.

[Daverms]

Hi Jason,

Thanks for replying.. I am just curious to know how much is the height you had set for the sub report in the detail band.

Thanks again!

[jjay]

Hi Daverms,

Just looking at it.. "Report" for the Sub Reports is set to height of 29 cm.

I'm guessing that could have been contributing to my problem. But I will never know I guess as I have given report builder away. Finding scripting reports a billion times easer, trouble free and quicker.

Thanks for your help though Daverms