Frames surround other objects and protect them from being overwritten or pushed by other objects. For example, a frame might be used to surround all objects owned by a group, to surround column headings, or to surround summaries.
When you default the layout for a report, Reports Builder creates frames around report objects as needed; you can also create a frame manually in the Paper Layout view.
Create frames when you want to:
group together objects to ensure they maintain their relative positions during printing
delineate sections in your report
Example: You want the top of each page to have a tabular format, but the bottom of each page to have a matrix format.
protect other objects from being overwritten
Example: A summary is centered under two repeating frames. Defaulting rules state that the summary must remain at a fixed distance from only the first object that can overwrite it; therefore, the summary is in danger of being overwritten by the second repeating frame. Enclosing both repeating frames with a frame will force the summary to maintain a fixed distance from both of them, and it will not be overwritten.
prevent an object from printing until other objects finish printing
Example: A summary is centered under two repeating frames. According to defaulting rules, the summary will print as soon as the first repeating frame finishes printing. Create a frame around the two repeating frames to ensure the summary prints after both repeating frames have finished printing.
About frame and repeating frame sizing
Creating a frame or repeating frame
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