Crystal 10 variables 1

[ChristianWhite]

In Crystal 10, I'm trying to print some detail headings in the detail lines, since having all the report's headings in the page header would be a traffic jam at page top. I'm trying to print detail headings only at their first occurrence on each page.

In the page header, I set the variable true at each new page:
Global booleanvar blnPrintHeading:=true;

The suppress formula in details a (detail headings) will refer to blnPrintHeading to determine when to print.

At each detail line b (amounts), I'll set the variable false:
Global booleanvar blnPrintHeading:= false;

Problem, though: I can't declare the variable in the page header and set it true, then also reference it from a detail line formula and set it false. Whenever I change one instance of the variable, the other changes to match it. What am I missing to make this simple arrangement work?

 

[lbass]

An easier approach would be to create a formula for the page header:

//{@reset}:
whileprintingrecords;
numbervar x := 0;

Then add the following formula to your detail_a section:
//{@cntwinpage}:
whileprintingrecords;
numbervar x := x + 1;

Then go to the section expert->detail_a->suppress->x+2 and enter:

{@cntwinpage} <> 1

-LB

 

[ChristianWhite]

Thanks for that solution. I had been having a problem because I was trying to change the same global everywhere, not formulas. After seven or eight changes, I'd felt like I was on a merry-go-round. Thanks very much!