Issue with Page Size

Issue with Page Size

Posted by: nitin.jain on 28 October 2025, 7:23 am EST

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  nitin.jain

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  Posted 28 October 2025, 7:23 am EST

  I’m encountering an issue with ActiveReports 19 (section report) related to page size and page numbering when printing a report setup that includes:
  
  • A main report in A4 size
  
  • Subreports in A3 size
  
  When printing, the report defaults to A4 size, even though the subreports are designed for A3. Adjusting the print settings manually does show the A3 layout, but it causes misalignment in headers, footers, and margins.
  
  Steps I’ve tried:

  1. Dynamic adjustment of margins and footer in code using events like PageStart – this didn’t resolve the issue.
  2. Creating separate reports and merging them using ActiveReports – this fixed the page size issue, but introduced a new problem with page numbering:
     
     o The A4 pages show correct numbering (e.g., 1 of 2, 2 of 2)
     
     o The A3 subreports show incorrect numbering (e.g., 2 of 61, 3 of 61), indicating that page numbers are not merged across reports.
     
     Interestingly, in our older VB-based project using an earlier version of ActiveReports, the same merging approach resulted in correct and sequential page numbering across all reports.
     
     Request:
     
     Could you please advise:
     
     • How to maintain correct page sizes for both A4 and A3 within the same report setup?
     
     • How to merge reports while keeping sequential page numbering across all pages?
     
     Please let me know what screenshots or some supporting would be helpful for you to investigate this further.
     
     Looking forward to your guidance.
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  kartik.dua

  

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  Posted 29 October 2025, 8:05 am EST

  Hi Nitin,

  Since your main report is set to A4 and the subreport is set to A3, alignment and trimming issues are expected as the printing process by-default respects the parent report’s page size (A4), causing the subreport content to be clipped or misaligned.

  In your current setup, if you need to maintain both A4 and A3 pages within the same report structure, the only solution is to render separate reports and then merge them using ActiveReports. As you mentioned, you’ve already tried this approach, and it resolved the issue on your end.

  However, to handle page numbering across the merged reports, you’ll need to manually add the page numbers after the reports have been rendered and merged. Please see the attached sample project for reference - MergeReportsAR.zip

  As an alternative solution, we recommend changing the main report’s page size to A3 as well and adjusting the existing A4 content to align within the A3 page. This approach ensures consistent output across all report pages, with the only difference being slightly larger margins for pages designed for A4.

  Best Regards,
  
  Kartik

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  nitin.jain

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  Posted 30 October 2025, 1:17 pm EST

  Hi Kartik,

  we have implemented as you suggested and it is working. Thanks