I just observed something that counters the statement below.
I'm trying to get a shape with fill color on the detail band of the report to show up when a binary value is 1 and be hidden when it is 0. Using the AFTER GENERATE I could not get it to work properly. So I went and looked at Razzak's Zebra Style Report in RRBYW14, and observed that it uses the BEFORE GENERATE. I changed my report to use BEFORE GENERATE and it works exactly as expected. So, to revise my statement: The BEFORE GENERATE eep will evaluate variables in the current band and allow you to manipulate things before they are "committed to the page." The AFTER GENERATE eep does not permit you to impact the display of the current band. AFTER GENERATE would be useful for example in conditionally accumulating totals. Emmitt Dove Manager, Converting Applications Development Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [email protected] (203) 214-5683 m (203) 643-8022 o (203) 643-8086 f [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emmitt Dove Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:02 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: How to make page-style label visible / invisible My understanding is that the AFTER GENERATE should be impacting the current iteration of the band, and should be based upon variables/data values in place at the time of the evaluation, in this case after all the fields and variables have been evaluated for the band. The BEFORE GENERATE should also be impacting the current iteration, based upon variables/data values in place before the band is evaluated. So the question now becomes "What is the order of band evaluation?" I thought the page style was last. I must be mistaken. Emmitt Dove Manager, Converting Applications Development Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [email protected] (203) 214-5683 m (203) 643-8022 o (203) 643-8086 f [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:28 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: How to make page-style label visible / invisible << It sounds to me like you want to evaluate the visibility in the PAGE STYLE band AFTER GENERATE. >> Thanks, but this produces the same results. If I calculate in AFTER GENERATE, aren't a determing the visibility for the NEXT time this band renders, rather than the current page? -- Larry
