Subreport of a Subreport?? 1

[griffter]

Can you have a subreport of a subreport???

 

[Madawc]

Sorry, no. They aren't like the modules or sections of some computer languages. A subreport is an independent report that makes its own request to the server for data.

You can used a Shared Variable to pass a value back to the main report. This can then be passed to another subreport in a lower section.

I assume you don't know Shared Variables, so here's how to use them:

To pass data back from a subreport, use a shared variable. For a date, put a formula field in the subreport like

Shared dateVar 
V_Today := {LoadStatus.LastDLoad}

To access it in the main report, create another formula field with

Shared dateVar 
V_Today := V_Today

If it was a currency value, you'd do it differently, e.g.

whileprintingrecords;
shared currencyvar SumSaved;
SumSaved:={#TotSaved};
SumSaved

And to access it in the main report, create another formula field with

whileprintingrecords;
shared currencyvar SumSaved;
SumSaved

Note that the shared variable is only available in the section after the section which contains the subreport.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Windows XP & Crystal 10