AppendAsSection and headers/footers issue

1st Official Post

    I am using the following to start new sections:

    Code
    WPRichText_Rpt.HeaderFooter.AppendAsSection(WPRichText1.HeaderFooter);

    If the origninal WPRichText1 is a single page with headers/footers, the next AppendAsSection's WPRichText1 that does NOT have headers/footers correctly does not have headers/footers when appended.

    However, if the original WPRichText1 flows into a second page, then the next AppendAsSection's WPRichText1 that has no headers/footers incorrectly carries over the current headers/footers to the new appended section that is not suppose to have a header/footer. If that 2nd WPRichtText1 had a header/footer, then it is fine. It seems to be an issue only if the 2nd one has no headers/footers of its own and the previous section was at least two pages.

    This worked with WPT5, but not in WPT8. Am I missing some new setting?

    Thanks,

    Eric

    • Official Post

    AppendAsSection copies all headers and footers to belong to a section which is created new.

    But those headers and footers replace the previous - it is normal and expected that if you have global headers and footers they will also be displayed for sections.

    Do you anything with the result TWPRTFSectionProps of this function?

    No, I do not do anything with the result. I don't even assign the AppendAsSection's result. It is just very odd that it works if the first section is a single page with headers/footers and the 2nd section does not have headers/footers of its own, but fails if the first section is more than one page.

    I may have to put together a simple example for you. At least to prove to myself that it is not something else in my code that is breaking it even though I am just adding additional lines to section one until it moves to two pages.