kmac Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I am very new to FMP, just a home-use type amateur and I could sure use some help here! I created a database to keep track of all documents I have in my computer and paper files. I am a genealogist, researching my family history. The DB has two tables: Ancestor Records has the main fields such as name, dob, etc, and an identifying field, ID#. The other table is Documents and contains only two fields ---- ID# and a container for the actual scan (reference only, not the actual document.) In Ancestor Records, I have created one record for each ancestor. Then, below the basic fields, I created a Portal where I can enter in type of record, date, name of scanned record. I go to Documents, it has filled in the ID# for me (relationship created) and I insert the picture. It all works great, just the way I want it to. My problem is that I want to be able to print for my paper files a copy of each Ancestor Record that lists the scanned records I have on the computer for them. I set the portal up to be 100 rows to allow enough space to add in lots of documents. It all prints up, BUT, I get all those empty rows up to 100 AND the data at the bottom of each page is cut off because there is no page break. I think I may have to create an additional layout to print this as I'd like. But, given my current setup, how could I do this? I'm really flying by the seat of my pants here, so any help or direction aimed at a newbie would be very much appreciated. Thank you! I am attaching a copy of my DB, just on the "off chance" I did not explain it well enough. Kathy _Genealogy_Scans_Clone.fp7.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mark Osborne Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 The proper way to print this report is using a subsummary part. I have added a subsummary layout and a script (both called "Print") that will display the report in preview mode (you can modify it to print) to your example file. Requirements for a subsummary report are sorting by the break field of the subsummary part and then previewing or printing. _Genealogy_Scans_Clone.fp7.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmac Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 Thank you very much!!! I can't say that, at this time, I totally understand it, but I did manage to implement your solution and it works beautifully for me. Thank you again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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