Question : Border on first and last record

How do I conditionally control the cell borders. I added borders to the cells in Details section. Lines and text boxes are not exporting to excel. That is why I am adding borders to the cells.There are somany records in the details sections. I don't want to show lines after every record. I want to show lines on top and bottom of the section. So, I want to have border on top of the first record and the bottom of the last record.  Is it possible?

Answer : Border on first and last record

it's not an option to control borders.

it's an option to SUPPRESS THE SECTION.  in the section, you have a line.  if you suppress the entire section, the line doesn't show.

also, you can't use an IF statement in the suppression formula.  think of the suppression formula this way:
i want to suppress records where....
not onlastrecord or isnull({field})

in other words, it's the logical opposite of your IF statement... because you want to suppress that section for every occurance but the last record or null records.


also, regarding your border formula...  have you verified that your last two records are in fact NULL and not a blank space or "" ?  in order for isnull() to work, the field must be NULL and not just empty or blank.

and... you could always get rid of your null records at the end by creating a Record Selection formula that excludes null records...