Print headers and footers

A MiniPage or PageRoot in your Report Design document defines how the content is to be laid out on the report page. Headers and Footers can be defined for the report pages, which can depend on the relative position of the page in the overall report.

You can use any Simple Container or Drawable as a container for a header or footer. Generally, a Vertical Box (LayoutNode) is used.

Add the header or footer container to a MiniPage or PageRoot. To identify the containers as headers or footers, and to specify where on the report page a container should print, set the container's section property to one of these ports:

firstPageHeader: Page Header, to print on the first page only; if this section is defined, subsequent Page Headers begin printing on the second page.
oddPageHeader: Page Header, to print on odd pages; has precedence over anyPageHeader.
evenPageHeader: Page Header, to print on even pages; has precedence over anyPageHeader.
anyPageHeader: Page Header is for every page, unless separate Odd and Even Page Headers are defined.
firstPageFooter: Page Footer, to print on the first page only; if this section is defined, subsequent page footers begin printing on the second page.
oddPageFooter: Page Footer, to print on odd pages; has precedence over anyPageFooter.
evenPageFooter: Page Footer, to print on even pages; has precedence over anyPageFooter.
anyPageFooter: Page Footer, to print for every page, unless separate Odd and Even Page Footers are defined.
lastPageFooter: Page Footer, to print on the last page only. For the last page, this node takes priority over oddPageFooter, evenPageFooter or anyPageFooter nodes. A node with this section value set must be located as the last in the sibling list.

For example, a Vertical Box with the section property set to the firstPageHeader section will print as the header on the first page of the report. In the parent Container, you cannot have multiple header or footer containers set to the same section.

If you use a Vertical Box for the header or footer container, set the Layout Node's X-size property to max, and its Y-Size property to min. Within the container you can build up the header or footer using various containers and report elements. The Stripe container is useful for report elements that are to be laid out left to right across the page. Use Stripes, WordBoxes, etc. as needed, to arrange the contents of the header or footer within the container in the order in which it should be printed.

The properties HidePageHeaderOnLastPage and HidePageFooterOnLastPage provide flexibility in the printout.

Important: If the Section property is specified, the header or footer must be the elder sibling of any node without the Section property specified. The exception is the Last Page Footer, which must come after the other nodes. Verify in the Structure view that the report structure is correct.