Thanks for the advice. I had not noticed the Section for the variable. The Variable Change section was set to detail on all the variables regardless of where they were located. I changed the appropriate variable to section H1 and then the report works as planned. The report was designed several years ago and I'm not sure why there were 2 break points on the same column. I eliminated one of the break points and the report still seems to work ok. The variable concatenates several Text variables (usually the text is quite brief from these variables even though they are defined as many characters) and prints them in one area of the report rather than taking numerous areas for these less than critical fields. It was printing the variable for the first break at the top of the second break. Now it is printing the variable for the 1st break at the top of the 1st break. Thanks. Bill Niehaus >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/12/2001 12:12:32 AM >>> Thanks Tom, Once again I stand corrected. This works for footer sections, not header sections. Given the original problem, I am not sure why it would not display. A summary variable would still display but it would give a null or zero amount for the first break and probably display the summary of the first break at the top of the second break and so on. If it is a summary variable then you might be able to get it in a header section by creating a stored procedure to calculate it and then call it with a variable in the HEADER section. The question back to Bill is: What is the purpose of the variable? Is it a summary variable? A lookup to another table? Also, as Tom asked, why are there 2 break points on the same column? Best regards, Mike Young On Sat, 12 May 2001 09:56:13 +1000, Tom Grimshaw wrote: >G'day Mike, > >At 15:33 11/05/01 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Bill, >> >>This is caused because the variable is not evaluated until the DETAIL section >>is hit. Set the variable to be in the DETAIL section and then go ahead and >>locate it physically in the HEADER section. It should print fine after that. > >I think not. As the variable will not be defined until the detail section >the first header will show no value for the variable, the second header >will show the value for the first detail section. > >What I would do is to set the section for the var to be the header and >position it in that section. > >Warmest regards, > > >Tom Grimshaw >coy: Just For You Software >tel: 61 (0)2 9552 3311 >fax: 61 (0)2 9566 2164 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >mobile: 0414 675 903 >street: 3/66 Wentworth Park Rd Glebe NSW 2037 >post: PO Box 470 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia >temp web site: 210.9.46.35 > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ > _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ > _/ _/ _/ _/ >_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ > _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ >
