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

This walkthrough illustrates the basics of setting up page numbering in the PageFooter 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 rptNumberPF.
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 products order by categoryID".
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 rptNumberPF.
2. Make the following changes to the group header:
   • Change the name to ghProducts
   • Change the DataField property to categoryID
   • Change the GroupKeepTogether property to All
   • Change the KeepTogether property to True
3. Add the following controls to the GroupHeader section:

   Control	Name	Text/Caption	Location
   Label	lblProductID	Product ID	0, 0
   Label	lblProductName	Product Name	1.1875, 0
   Label	lblUnitsInStock	Units In Stock	3, 0
   Label	lblUnitPrice	Unit Price	4.375, 0

4. Add the following controls to the Detail section:

   Control	DataField	Name	Text/Caption	Misc Details	Location
   TextBox	ProductID	txtProductID	Product ID	(Empty string)	0, 0
   TextBox	ProductName	txtProductName	Product Name	(Empty string)	1.1875, 0
   TextBox	UnitsInStock	txtUnitsInStock	Units In Stock	(Empty string)	3, 0
   TextBox	UnitPrice	txtUnitPrice	Unit Price	OutputFormat = Currency	4.375, 0

5. Add the following controls to the PageFooter section:

   Control	Name	Text/Caption	Misc Details	Location
   Label	lblPage	Page	(Empty string)	0, 0
   Label	lblOf	Of	(Empty string)	0.625, 0
   TextBox	txtPageNumber	#	SummaryType = PageCount SummaryRunning = All	0.447, 0
   TextBox	txtPageCount	##	SummaryType = PageCount	0.875, 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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