ACC2000: How to Display a Line After Specific Records on a Report

This article describes how you can display a horizontal line after specific detail records in a report, where the criteria for displaying the line changes on a sliding scale.

The following example creates a report based on the Sales By Category query in the sample database Northwind.mdb. The report groups the records by category and sorts the records in each group by total sales. It uses a variable called SalesPct to determine when a hidden line control should appear on the report. In this example, there is a red line under the first record in each group that exceeds 10% of total sales, and also under the first record that exceeds 40% of total sales.

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
2. Create a new, blank report based on the Sales By Category query.
3. On the View menu, click Sorting And Grouping.
4. In the first Field/Expression row, click CategoryName and set the following properties:

      Sort Order:    Ascending
      Group Header:  Yes
      Keep Together: Whole Group

5. In the second Field/Expression row, click ProductSales and set the following property:

      Sort Order: Ascending.

6. Close the Sorting And Grouping dialog box.
7. If the field list is not displayed, on the View menu, click Field List.
8. Drag the CategoryName field from the field list to the CategoryName Header section of the report.
9. Drag the ProductName field and the ProductSales field from the field list to the detail section of the report. Align the two controls side by side on the same horizontal plane.
10. Add a text box control to the CategoryName Header section and set the following properties:

       Name: Total
       ControlSource: =Sum([ProductSales])

11. Add a text box control to the detail section, placing it to the right of the ProductName and ProductSales controls. Set the following properties:

       Name:          Pcnt
       ControlSource: =[ProductSales]/[Total]
       Format:        Percent
       DecimalPlaces: Auto

12. Add a line control to the detail section. Place it directly under the Pcnt control, and make it wide enough to underline the control. Set the following properties:

       Name:        RedLine
       Visible:     No
       BorderColor: 255
       BorderWidth: 2 pt

13. On the View menu, click Code. Add the following line to the Declarations section of the report's code module:

    Dim SalesPct as Single

14. Close the code module.
15. Set the OnFormat property of the CategoryName Header section to the following event procedure:

    Private Sub GroupHeader0_Format(Cancel As Integer, FormatCount As Integer)
       SalesPct = 0.1
    End Sub

16. Set the OnFormat property of the detail section to the following event procedure:

    Private Sub Detail_Format(Cancel As Integer, FormatCount As Integer)
       If Me![Pcnt] >= SalesPct Then
          Me![RedLine].Visible = True
          Select Case SalesPct
             Case 0.1
                SalesPct = 0.4
             Case 0.4
                SalesPct = 999
          End Select
       Else
          Me![RedLine].Visible = False
       End If
    End Sub

17. Save the report as rptProductSales and open it in Print Preview. Note that in each category group, a red line appears on the report under the first detail record where the Pcnt field is greater than or equal to 10%, and then again where the Pcnt field is greater than or equal to 40%.

For more information about sorting and grouping, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type sorting in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.