Quick strange beginners design question

[Former Member]

I have a non-crystal report whose format I need to duplicate EXACTLY or all heck will break loose.

It contains a simple group with some detail records. I need the count of the detail records on the first line of the details as follows:

GH1:          Alabama
Details:                     3    Firstname, Lastname 
Details:                           OtherFirstName, OtherLastName
Details:                           SomeOther, PersonsName
GF1:
GH2:          Alaska
Details:                     1   Random, AlaskanDude
GF2:
GH3:          Arizona
Details:                   10  FirstName, OfTenPeople
Details:                         NextOne, OfTenPeople
etc...

This obviously would be simple if I could put the count in the group header or footer, but this would be UNACCEPTABLE

It must have something to do with running counts, but nothing I have tried works.

Suggestions / Help please?

[vitaly_izmaylov · Accepted solution]

If you need to duplicate format just visually, then you may try the following:

1. Add another Group Header 1 subsection (GH1b)

2. Add a summary (Group Count) to subsection GH1b

3. In Section Expert set the GH 1b to Underlay the following section.

It should do the trick. Visually the count would be in the first line of Details section within the Group

There are some other possible solutions, bt the one above is very simple.

[ido_millet · Accepted solution]

Another possibility is to place a count in detail and use the suppress property expression to hide it if the previous group value is the same as the current.

Something like:

(Not OnFirstRecord) AND (Previous( = )

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you, Vitaly, that worked perfectly.

Enjoy your points.