Re: [PythonReports-users] How to have an optional detail line?

[alexander s. <al...@go...>]

Werner F. Bruhin wrote, at 19.03.2013 12:46:
>
> In some of my reports have something like this:
>
> Some nice wine name
> its vintage etc etc
>       Some longish notes field for this wine, but this notes field is
> optional.  - THIS.vintage.notes SQLAlchemy column
>
> The notes field should only be there if there is text, in other words if
> there is no text there should be no space between this wine and the next
> one.
>
> In ReportManager which I use up to now I could have multiple detail
> sections/element and define to "shrink" the section which has no data.

"float" attribute for box element is meant to reposition fields when 
things above in the same section grow or shrink.

Best wishes,
alex.