Subreport Shared Variable - hiding

[huester]

I have a subreport in the group header which calculates a variable which is shared to the main report.

The main report then processes this value. All works gret except that as the subreport runs many times, I've found that the group header section that it is in, cannot be hidden or suppressed otherwise the variable is not calculated. By not hiding the section, I effectively am creating large gaps between the data.

So, after all that, is there a way of using the shared variable of a subreport, which is hidden in the main report ??

 

[Naith]

Make the main report section very small, and whilst suppressing all your subreport sections, ensure that the main report section is set to Underlay Following Sections.

Naith

 

[huester]

Thanks Naith. That works ok if the section following was visible but it isn't.

I can understand why the subreport won't fire if the section is suppressed but I thought by hiding it that it would fire up.

Oh well, suppose I've got to live with it.