With ActiveReports, page numbering can be easily applied to groups in a report using the GroupHeader section.

This walkthrough illustrates the basics of setting up page numbering for groups in the GroupHeader section.

The walkthrough is split up into the following activities:

• Adding an ActiveReport to a Visual Studio project
• Connecting the data source to a database
• Adding controls to the report to contain data
• Viewing the report 

To complete the walkthrough, you must have access to the NorthWind database (Nwind.mdb).

When you have finished this walkthrough, you will have a report that looks similar to the following.

Adding an ActiveReport to a Visual Studio project

To add an ActiveReport to your project

1. Click on Project > Add New Item....
2. Select ActiveReports File and rename it rptNumberGH.
3. Change the name of the report and click Open.
4. The ActiveReports design surface is displayed.

Connecting the data source to a database

To connect the data source to a database

1. Click on the yellow report DataSource icon in the Detail section. This brings up the report DataSource dialog box.
2. Click on Build...
3. Select "Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider" and click Next >>.
4. Click on the ellipsis to browse for the access path to Nwind.mdb. Click Open once you have selected the appropriate access path.
5. Click OK to continue.
6. In the Query field, type "Select * from customers order by country".
7. Click OK to return to the report design surface.

Adding controls to contain data

To add controls to contain data

1. Add a GroupHeader/Footer section to rptNumberGH.
2. Make the following changes to the group header:
   • Change the name to ghCustomers
   • Change the DataField property to Country
   • Change the GroupKeepTogether property to FirstDetail
   • Change the KeepTogether property to True
3. Add the following controls to the GroupHeader section:

   Control	Name	Text/Caption	Misc Details	Location
   Label	lblPage	Page	(Empty string)	0, 0
   Label	lblOf	Of	(Empty string)	0.75, 0
   TextBox	txtPageNumber	#	SummaryType = PageCount SummaryRunning = Group SummaryGroup = ghCustomers	0.5, 0
   TextBox	txtPageCount	##	SummaryType = PageCount SummaryGroup = ghCustomers	1, 0
   Label	lblCustomerID	CustomerID	(Empty string)	0, 0.25
   Label	lblCompanyName	CompanyName	(Empty string)	1.1875, 0.25
   Label	lblAddress	Address	(Empty string)	3.3125, 0.25
   Label	lblCountry	Country	(Empty string)	5.125, 0.25

4. Add the following controls to the Detail section:

   Control	DataField	Name	Text/Caption	Location
   TextBox	CustomerID	txtCustomerID	CustomerID	0, 0
   TextBox	CompanyName	txtCompanyName	CompanyName	1.1875, 0
   TextBox	Address	txtAddress	Address	3.3125, 0
   TextBox	Country	txtCountry	Country	5.114, 0

Viewing the report

To view the report

1. Add the ActiveReports viewer control to a Windows Form.
2. Add the code needed to set the viewer document equal to the report document. See Using the ActiveReports WinForm Viewer for help.

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