Hi guys,

I'm not quite sure what the best way is to approach this requirement. I have 4 reports that are currently compounded one after another using Document Composer in a flowing manner - one report ends, the other one starts. These report pages share the same header/footer in the Page Master.

I need to make a change so that the last report will appear at the bottom of the last page of Report 3 above the Page Master Footer if space permits (Report 4 can be set at 1 inch fixed height). If there is no space, then it will print at the bottom of the next page.

So, I need it to be fixed but still relative to Report 3... not quite sure how to set that up.

Here's the current code (all flowing):

SET HTMLARCHIVE=ON
COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
UNITS=IN, $
SECTION=section1, LAYOUT=ON, METADATA='0.5^0.5^0.5^0.5^4', MERGE=OFF, ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT, PAGESIZE=Letter, SHOW_GLOBALFILTER=OFF, $
PAGELAYOUT=ALL, NAME='Page Master', $

-INCLUDE PAGE_MASTER_OBJECTS

COMPONENT='DfltCmpt1', POSITION=(0 0), DIMENSION=(0 0), $
PAGELAYOUT=1, NAME='Report Page', text='Report Page', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=1.25, TOPMARGIN=1.35, LEFTMARGIN=0.5, RIGHTMARGIN=0.5, ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=1.25,TOPMARGIN=1.35,LEFTMARGIN=0.5,RIGHTMARGIN=0.5,ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT,', $
COMPONENT='report_1', TEXT='report_1', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.500 1.250), DIMENSION=(* *), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 7.5in; HEIGHT: 1in; TOP: 1.5in; LEFT: 0.5in', $
COMPONENT='report_2', TEXT='report_2', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(+0.000 +0.000), DIMENSION=(* *), RELATIVE-TO='report_1', RELATIVE-POINT=BOTTOM-LEFT, POSITION-POINT=TOP-LEFT, METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 7.5in; HEIGHT: 3in; TOP: 1.809in; LEFT: 0.5in', $
COMPONENT='report_3', TEXT='report_3', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(+0.000 +0.234), DIMENSION=(* *), RELATIVE-TO='report_2', RELATIVE-POINT=BOTTOM-LEFT, POSITION-POINT=TOP-LEFT, METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 7.5in; HEIGHT: 3.537in; TOP: 5.043in; LEFT: 0.5in', $
COMPONENT='report_4', TEXT='report_4', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(+0.000 +0.170), DIMENSION=(* *), RELATIVE-TO='report_3', RELATIVE-POINT=BOTTOM-LEFT, POSITION-POINT=TOP-LEFT, METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 7.5in; HEIGHT: 1in; TOP: 8.75in; LEFT: 0.5in', $
END
SET COMPONENT='DfltCmpt1'
TABLE FILE SYSCOLUM
" "
SUM TBNAME NOPRINT
IF READLIMIT EQ 1
ON TABLE SET PREVIEW ON
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
END
SET COMPONENT='report_1'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE f10_26_head.fex
SET COMPONENT='report_2'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE f10_26_report_2.fex
SET COMPONENT='report_3'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE f10_26_report_3.fex
SET COMPONENT='report_4'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE f10_26_report_4.fex
COMPOUND END

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Kathryn Henning>,

placing report 4 at bottom of new blank page is possible. doubt if its possible to adjust based on prior report.

Bump.

Anybody else have any ideas?

quote:

doubt if its possible to adjust based on prior report.

Something I remembered, RELATIVE-TO

COMPONENT= 'report2',COMPOUND-TYPE= REPORT,RELATIVE-TO ='report1',RELATIVE-POINT= BOTTOM-LEFT,POSITION-POINT= TOP-LEFT,$

RELATIVE-TO puts the report right after the end of the previous report. It doesn't stick it on a fixed position at the bottom of the page.

Do you know how to make RELATIVE-TO work with a fixed position?

"the last report will appear at the bottom of the last page of Report 3 above the Page Master Footer if space permits (Report 4 can be set at 1 inch fixed height)"

From the code it looks like the top-margin of Report4 is set as "8.75in". Make it to 0 and see what output you get.

Also, you could play with the master page BOTTOMMARGINs.

If there is enough space on the page, i dont see any reason as to why it should go to next page.