gdfgfdgdfgdggd "Doug M" wrote in message news:%23XVnrfw0HHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > I don't know how you can do this with a subreport, but you could do this > with a report that includes grouping. > > Create a query to combine your report level records with your subreport > records. In the relationship between the header table XXX and subrecord > table YYY make sure the relationship is the type "include all records from > table XXX and any related records from table YYY". Then build your report > on this query and add grouping on the record level ID field. > > Then add an unbound field (called say "counter") on the group header with > the expression "=Count([YYY_ID])" in the datasource where YYY_ID is the key > field in the YYY table. This field will be 0 when there are no subrecords. > Add a page break (called say "newpage") at the bottom of the group header > (under the fields to be shown), and in the OnFormat event put for the group > header you add code like... > > Private Sub GroupHeader0_Format(Cancel As Integer, FormatCount As Integer) > If counter = 0 Then > newpage.Visible = False > Else > newpage.Visible = True > End If > End Sub > > So the report should then show the header level record and if there are > subrecords there will be a page break then the subrecords are printed. If > there are no subrecords then no page break. > > Doug > > > "Kathy Webster" wrote in message > news:46a63b65$0$32569$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... > >I posted this in reports, but no one answered: > > > > How can I create a page break before the subreport if and only if the > > subreport has data? > > Some records will have no data in the subreport, and I don't want an > > unnecessary page break in those instances. > > Thank you, > > Kathy > > > > > >