RowHeight

Description

Reports the height of a row associated with a band in a report.

Syntax

RowHeight ( )

Returns

Long. Returns the height of the row in the units specified for the report if it succeeds, and -1 if an error occurs.

Usage

When you call RowHeight in a band other than the detail band, it reports on a row in the detail band. See GetRow for a table specifying which row is associated with each band for reporting purposes.

When a band has Autosize Height set to true, you should avoid using the RowHeight DataWindow expression function to set the height of any element in the row. Doing so can result in a logical inconsistency between the height of the row and the height of the element. If you need to use RowHeight, you must set the Y coordinate of the element to 0 on the Position page in the Properties view, otherwise the bottom of the element might be clipped. You must do this for every element that uses such an expression. If you move any elements in the band, make sure that their Y coordinates are still set to 0.

You should not use an expression whose runtime value is greater than the value returned by RowHeight. For example, you should not set the height of a column to rowheight() + 30. Such an expression produces unpredictable results at runtime.

Examples

Example 1

This expression for a computed field in the detail band displays the height of each row:

RowHeight()

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