How to create a report footnote

[Matthew Hile]

I have a report that has dynamically created html text based on the data. I would like to have a footnote associated with one of those HtmlTextBox controls to appear at the bottom of the page on which the section occurs. I looked at Docking as a possible solution but that seems to dock with a section and not a page.

Is there a way to:
 1) Have a control (e.g., HtmlTextBox) appear at the bottom of the page on which another control appears with the page # not being known in advance? -- My ideal solution.

 2) A way to change the page footer on a specific page to include the footer text.-- A fallback solution
      (I have been able to add a control to the footer that only displays on the specified page number. However, on all of the other pages it has the height needed to include the footer which makes it to tall. According to your help file "the height of the PageHeader and PageFooter section that is set at design-time is always preserved..." so I seem to have no choice with this.)

Thanks,

Matthew

[Peter]

Hi Matthew Hile,

Up to your questions:

1. You are correct - the docking is relative to the parent's container item but we are not sure about your goal, thus we will appreciate if you elaborate further on your scenario.
2. As you probably already know, the page headers/footers are not related to the report itself, but are relative to the margins of the report's media, i.e. to the paper or screen, so this is the expected behavior. The space they've taken up would always be preserved no matter whether there is content shown or they are not visible and this behavior cannot be changed.

Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Matthew Hile]

My report generates text related to how a particular individual scores on an assessment using HTML text boxes in the DetailSection like

DetailSection
     HtmlTextBox1
     HtmlTextBox2
     HtmlTextBox3
     HtmlTextBox4

These HtmlTextBoxs are dynamically sized and result in a 3-7 page report.

I would like to associated a "footnote" with HtmlTextBox2 so that it appears at the bottom (above the footer) of the same page as that control. If you are familiar with footnotes in Word I would like it to function similarly.

Thanks,

Matthew

[Peter]

Hello Matthew Hile,

We don't have a footnote-like functionality. The only section that is rendered on the page bottom is the Page Footer. Thus if you need items at the bottom they should be placed in a Page Footer. Currently we can't offer a workaround for a footnote as there is no similar concept in reporting.

Best wishes, Peter
the Telerik team