Report building – phase 3
Finally, we are ready to layout the data display portion of our Radio Shows by Type report. The first step of this phase is to layout the fields of our controlling DataItem data in such a way that we can properly group the data of the subordinate DataItems.
Once again, Design the report and View | Layout so that the SSRB report layout screen is displayed with the Insert ribbon visible. We are now done with Page Heading, and from here on, all our work will be done in the body of the report design surface.
Click on the List icon in the Insert ribbon and drop a List control into the body of the report design surface. Position the control at the top left of the layout body. Since we're going to define six layout lines to hold the necessary data and header controls, we may want to expand the List control and work area (although this can be done later, as needed).
- Click in the List control so that a shaded area appears on the top and the left of the...
