I'm not entirely certain what you are asking here.

You have two details sections, A and B.  They might look like:



Yes?

Now, there are several possible scenarios:

A and B are on the same page entirely.  Print the separator line.

A spans a page break.  Print the separator line?

B spans a page break.  Print the separator line?

A page break comes exactly between A and B.  Suppress the separator line.


How does that look?  Is that more or less what you're trying to achieve?

The classic solution for this problem is to use a global variable.  Declare a global variable, and initialize it to 0.  In section Details A, set it to 1.  In your page header, set it to 0.  In section Details B, set the conditional formatting to suppress the line if the variable is 0.

The only way the variable can be 0 is if a page header has been printed between Details A being printed and the condition on the line in Details B being checked.  I.e., if Details B is at the top of a new page.

Note that it is important to specify WhilePrintingRecords in each of the formulas where you set the variable.

Huh.  I learned something new here.  Lines don't support conditional formatting.

Okay, we have to get tricky with it.  Instead of a line, create a text box.  It will have no text in it.  In the format dialog, go to the Border tab.  Put a condition on the Bottom border to show crSingleLine if the variable is 1, or crNoLine if the variable is 0.

This should create the effect you are looking for.

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