Inability to pass array from main report to subreport

[Xprogrammer]

I am attempting to pass an array from a report to a subreport defined in the main report's footer. The array is initialized in the main report's header in a formula field as:

whileprintingrecords;
shared stringvar array MyArray:= ["", "", "","","",""]
numbervar counter1:=1;

Its values are populated in the detail section in a formula field as

whileprintingrecords;
shared stringvar array MyArray;
numbervar counter1;

MyArray[counter1]:= ({REPORT.DesiredFieldName})


In the subreport, i have a @DisplayArrayContents formula field in the detail section with

whileprintingrecords;
shared stringvar array PlaintiffNameArray;
numbervar subcounter;
PlaintiffNameArray[subcounter];

I also have a suppressed @subcounter formula field in the detail section with contents as
whileprintingrecords;
numbervar subcounter;
subcounter:=subcounter + 1

There is also a suppressed database field in the detail section to ensure output.

My challenge is there is no output from the @DisplayArrayContents field even if i have a fixed subscript.
What gives? Any insight/help greatly appreciated.

 

[Xprogrammer]

Addition/Correction

I am using CR 8.

@DisplayArrayContents formula should be whileprintingrecords;
shared stringvar array MyArray;
numbervar subcounter;
MyArray[subcounter];

 

[dcm]

xprogrammer: You need to ensure that the variable name used in your subreport matches that used in the main report in order for the values to be 'shared'. I notice that you are using MyArray in the main report and PlaintiffArray in the sub similarly you have counter in the main and subcounter in the sub - try changing the main to PlaintiffArray and subcounter and see what happens

p.s. your formula also doesn't seem to increment the counter so you would only get 1 element in your array David C. Monks
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