portal like layout

[Pek]

Hello all.. Stuck again this time with a layout/report

have a db careproerties that a layout with a portals relating to housedetails db. This is so a careproperties be given details to what rooms it has , what surfaces etc. set up a portal for each room eg

Kitchen

# Floor counters apliances Cabinets Notes

1 wood marble oven oak dont clean

2 tile tile microwave oak

Livingroom

# Floor counters apliances furnishings Notes

1 carpet oak tv silk

each type of room has its own fields kitchenfloor, livingroomfloor etc

this looks great as a layout cept for the usual problems of printing portals . So have tried creating a report in housedetails that would show all the details in the same style as teh portals but what i end up with is

Floor counters apliances Cabinets Notes

1 wood marble oven oak dont clean 1 carpet oak tv silk

2 tile tile microwave oak

been playing with subsumaries but getting no where. Do I need a link file between the two db?

am very new to fm and databases

thanks

ric

[Pek]

doh . think having to write the problem out helped me fixed it. i did create a join file housedetailsline and a new housedetails.. scrapped all the fields and started a fresh with fields for roomtype, floortype ,furnishingstype . That let me have the summaries I wanted .

wish me luck off to tackle scripts

Ric

[Leb i Sol]

if u have a portal...then u have already "linked" related them.

Try letting FM's "layout wizard" do a report for you

LAyout Mode

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List/Comlumnar report and group by your logic....

Take care