Trail_Footer

Description

Whether the footer of a nested report is displayed at the end of the report or at the bottom of the page. Trail_Footer applies only to reports in a composite DataWindow. Setting Trail_Footer to No forces controls following the report onto a new page.

Applies to

Report controls

Syntax

PowerBuilder dot notation:

dw_control.Object.reportname.Trail_Footer

Describe and Modify argument:

"reportname.Trail_Footer { = value }"

Parameter	Description
reportname	The name of the report control for which you want to get or set Trail_Footer.
value	Whether the report’s footer trails the last line of the report or appears at the bottom of the page. Values are: Yes – The footer appears right after the last line of data in the report. No – The footer appears at the bottom of the page, forcing any data following the report onto the following page.

Parameter

Description

reportname

The name of the report control for which you want to get or set Trail_Footer.

value

Whether the report’s footer trails the last line of the report or appears at the bottom of the page.

Values are:

Yes – The footer appears right after the last line of data in the report.
No – The footer appears at the bottom of the page, forcing any data following the report onto the following page.

Examples

Example 1

string setting

setting = dw1.Object.rpt_1.Trail_Footer

dw1.Object.rpt_1.Trail_Footer = "Yes"

Example 2

setting = dw1.Describe("rpt_1.Trail_Footer")

dw1.Modify("rpt_1.Trail_Footer = Yes")