HyperCard: Printing reports using ‘Dynamic Height‘ (1/95)


When using HyperCard 2.1 or 2.2 and printing reports while 'Dynamic height' is selected, individual records are split on the page. Part of the last record will be on one page and the rest of the record will appear on the next page. With 'Fixed height' specified this does not happen. I want to use the 'Dynamic height' feature to conserve paper. Is there a way to make this work?

When using the 'Dynamic height' setting within HyperCard, records can become split between fields, sometimes making "illogical" breaks in the printing of the data. There are a couple of ways around this.

First, you could create a new report which compiles the same address information into a single report object. Alternately, you can create a list report format which places all report objects side-by-side. Because the objects aren't separated vertically, all record data should remain together.

Article Change History:
09 Jan 1995 - Minor formatting changes.

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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012