I am a Filemaker Pro newbie, and I am hoping one of you experts will have mercy and tell me what mistake I am making. I have spent the better part of a day trying to solve this problem, and I'm getting desperate.

In the layout view of a report, I have created a title header. Unfortunately, that title header does not show up in the preview mode, nor does it show up in the printed version. The report is just a table of fields chosen from the database. The table prints nicely, but without the title.

What do I need to do to get the title header to appear in the preview mode?

Thanks.

I have never seen a Title Header not show up on the 1st page. If you could post a copy, or even a clone (no records) of your file, we can take a look. Are you sure you're on the right layout? Is there something in the Title Header?

The report is just a table of fields chosen from the database. The table prints nicely, but without the title.

In "View as Table" mode, these parts won't show up. If this is what you have selected, change it to "View as List".

Actually, you can show headers and footers in Table View. GO to Layout setup and on the Table view click the Properties button. You can specify "Include header part" and "Include footer part". that's it - your title header should show up on the first printed page - the header will print on all subsequent page(s).

In fact, I use a nifty script to allow users to toggle the list view between a List View and Table View:

You need a Global text field "_View" - This is also used as a button label.

Here's the script

If [ _View = "View as Table" ]

View As

[ View as Table ]

Set Field [ _View, "View as List" ]

Else

View As

[ View as List ]

Set Field [ _View, "View as Table" ]

End If

Assign the script to a button with a merge field label"<<_View>>"]