Invoice form layout

Is there some way to simulate a fixed form layout for an invoice? I want to
have a fixed set of columns with dividing lines and totals boxes at the
bottom, regardless of how many actual rows of data are displayed. I've
tried 2 approaches (using PDF rendering only):
1. overlay a table with a set of manually drawn lines. This sort of works
for a single page, but if a 2nd page is required by the data it goes
completely haywire.
2. Use a table with conditional formatting. This is my current solution, BUT
a) the totals are always immediately after the last row, instead of at the
page bottom,
b) when the data requires just a little more than a single page the whole
table is moved to start on the 2nd page (where it fits in total due to less
header space) instead of starting on page 1 and continuing on page2 (hope
that makes sense).
Is there any published advice on designing this sort of page layout, or is
RS not really suited to the task?
brian smithHi Brian,
have you had any luck with this?
regards
Matt
"Brian Smith" <bsmith@.no_spam.schemiotics.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Is there some way to simulate a fixed form layout for an invoice? I want
to
> have a fixed set of columns with dividing lines and totals boxes at the
> bottom, regardless of how many actual rows of data are displayed. I've
> tried 2 approaches (using PDF rendering only):
> 1. overlay a table with a set of manually drawn lines. This sort of works
> for a single page, but if a 2nd page is required by the data it goes
> completely haywire.
> 2. Use a table with conditional formatting. This is my current solution,
BUT
> a) the totals are always immediately after the last row, instead of at the
> page bottom,
> b) when the data requires just a little more than a single page the whole
> table is moved to start on the 2nd page (where it fits in total due to
less
> header space) instead of starting on page 1 and continuing on page2 (hope
> that makes sense).
> Is there any published advice on designing this sort of page layout, or is
> RS not really suited to the task?
> brian smith
>|||Nope, nothing :-(
My feeling is the RS cannot really do this sort of thing - it's really meant
for screen-based reporting.
brian
"Matt" <NoSpam:Matthew.Moran@.Computercorp.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi Brian,
> have you had any luck with this?
> regards
> Matt
> "Brian Smith" <bsmith@.no_spam.schemiotics.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OElbad7nEHA.2300@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Is there some way to simulate a fixed form layout for an invoice? I want
> to
> > have a fixed set of columns with dividing lines and totals boxes at the
> > bottom, regardless of how many actual rows of data are displayed. I've
> > tried 2 approaches (using PDF rendering only):
> > 1. overlay a table with a set of manually drawn lines. This sort of
works
> > for a single page, but if a 2nd page is required by the data it goes
> > completely haywire.
> > 2. Use a table with conditional formatting. This is my current solution,
> BUT
> > a) the totals are always immediately after the last row, instead of at
the
> > page bottom,
> > b) when the data requires just a little more than a single page the
whole
> > table is moved to start on the 2nd page (where it fits in total due to
> less
> > header space) instead of starting on page 1 and continuing on page2
(hope
> > that makes sense).
> >
> > Is there any published advice on designing this sort of page layout, or
is
> > RS not really suited to the task?
> >
> > brian smith
> >
> >
>