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A childband is used as additional band to
a regular band which call as a parent band. You want to make
room for some elements to be moved down accordingly. You can
use a child band and insert the expanding elements on it. The
childband can also apply on very long bands which will span multiple
pages.
The childband can be used more than one. You
can connect them as a chain by linking one childband to the master
band (e.g. Detail band). The other childband is connected to
first childband and so on. A childband is used always below its
parent band. Each band can be set independently. The childband
will be printed whereas the parent can be disabled. If the parent
band has more than one child assigned, only one of them will
be printed. For example, you can add a page break between a parent
band and its childband.
The childband can use with the dataset elements
which 'Autostretch' property is set to true. The elements will
move down automatically within a child band instead of resizing
the dataset record.
The following options are available:
Parent Band:
The band to which the child band is attached
Color:
This defines the background color of the band.
Print
- not on first page:
prints the band only on the second page and following
- even page numbers only: only prints the band on even page numbers
- odd page numbers only: only prints the band on odd page numbers
- at bottom of page:
moves the band to the bottom of the page before printing it
- force new page:
starts a new page before printing the band
- force new column:
starts a new column before printing the band with multiple columns
Only print band if expression is true:
An expression
can be used to control the band whether should be print or not.
You can generate and edit the expression by the expression expert.
The FORMachine 1.0 engine will check the expression boolean for
a logical result of 'True' or 'False
Frame:
A frame or single frame lines can be drawn
around the band. You can select which lines should be drawn,
in which color, style and width.
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