Description The Print Direction property is the direction in which successive instances of the repeating frame appear.
Values
· Across Means that each instance of the repeating frame subsequent to the first instance is printed to the right of the previous instance across the logical page.
· Across/Down Means that each instance of the repeating frame subsequent to the first instance is printed to the right of the previous instance until an entire instance cannot fit between the previous instance and the right margin of the logical page. At that time, Report Builder prints the instance below the left-most instance on the logical page, provided there is enough vertical space left on the logical page for the instance to print completely.
· Down Means that each instance of the repeating frame subsequent to the first instance is printed below the previous instance down the logical page.
· Down/Across Means that each instance of the repeating frame subsequent to the first instance is printed below the previous instance until an entire instance cannot fit inside the bottom margin of the logical page. At that time, Report Builder prints the instance to the right of the topmost instance on the logical page, provided there is enough horizontal space left on the logical page for the instance to print completely.
Creating a margin object
To create an object or heading in the margin of a report:
1. In the Layout Model view, click the “Edit Margin” icon in the toolbar.
2. To adjust the margin, click the margin border, then drag a handle to the desired position.
You can adjust the margin on all four sides of a report.
3. Click the “Edit Margin” icon in the toolbar to reactivate the body area of the report.
Based on the width and height provided in the Layout, Main section property palatte the margin border will change accordingly
Applies to repeating frames
Required/Optional required
Default Down
Restrictions
If a nested repeating frame has a Print Direction of Across and its enclosing repeating frame has a Print Direction of Down, the across repeating frame can cause overflow when it is too wide for the current page. The next instance of the outer, down repeating frame will not print until the previous instances of the across repeating frame completes.
Note: If you wanted A3 on page 1 to be aligned with the overflow of A3 on page 2, you could use Column Mode.
Matrix dimension repeating frames whose source groups are in the same "family" hierarchy (i.e., are descendants or ancestors of each other) within a cross-product group must have the same Print Direction. Parent-child relationships within a cross-product group are used to create nesting in the matrix. As a result, the repeating frames associated with such groups must print in the same direction on the page.
Example
Suppose that you have a repeating frame with Print Direction of Across/Down. Instances of the repeating frame print from left to right and then top to bottom.
