Summarizing Shared Variables 1

[chris777]

I have a shared variable that I pass from a subreport to a formula in GF4. This works fine. However, I would like to summarize the number displayed by this formuala in GF3 and GF2. Every way I try it I seen to get an error that the summary cannot be created.

Can this be done, and if so, any suggestions as to syntax?

 

[Ngolem]

if you are summing the value...don't use the summary functions

//place this in the report hearder suppressed or in a Group header if the sum is done more than once (beware of repeat headers...add a condition: Not inrepeatHeaders)
@Initialization
numberVar sumtotal := 0;


Simply create a formula that does a manual sum

@sumofShared

whilePrintingRecords;
numberVar sumtotal;
shared numberVar subreportValue;

sumtotal := sumtotal + subreportValue

then create a display formula

@displaySumTotal

whilePrintingRecords;
numberVar sumtotal;
sumtotal;

this is your basic 3 formula sum

 

[chris777]

That was it. The simplist answer is genrally the correct one.

Thanks.