How to avoid the extra blank pages in print and print preview
To avoid extra blank pages in print and print preview in the Bold Reports® Report Viewer, keep the report body width less than or equal to the page width minus the left and right margins. The paper size that you specify in the Report Properties defines the pagination when you print the report or render it in the print layout.
An extra blank page is created when the body of your report is too wide for your page. To show the report on a single page, all the content in the report body must fit on the physical page. The body width must be less than or equal to the result of the following formula:
Body Width <= Page Width - (Left Margin + Right Margin)For physical page renders, keep the concept of usable area in mind. The area of the physical page that remains after the space is allocated for margins, column spacing, and page header and footer is called the usable page area. Margins are applied only when you render the report in the print layout and print reports. The following image indicates the margin and usable page area of a physical page.
The following formula is used to calculate the usable area of the report rendering:
How is the horizontal usable area calculated?
The horizontal usable area of a Bold Reports® report is the page width minus the left margin, right margin and column spacing.
X = Page.Width - (Left Margin + Right Margin + Column Spacing)How is the vertical usable area calculated?
The vertical usable area of a Bold Reports® report is the page height minus the top margin, bottom margin, header height and footer height.
Y = Page.Height - (Top Margin + Bottom Margin + Header Height + Footer Height)Consider the report width is 21 cm, the left margin of the report is 0.5 cm, and the right margin of the report is 0.5 cm. To avoid an extra printed page in the exported PDF file, the following formula is used:
width of body (20) + left margin (0.5) + right margin (0.5) <= report width (21)If the body width is 20 or less, the report renders without extra pages. If the body width is greater than 20, extra pages are added.