Border on Vat tax table

Question

Hi,
I'm using Invoice_Item Type and Details layout (or Factura_PT (System)) and I want a border on the Vat tax table. The problem is that on the lower side of the table I can't put a border, unless I put a low border on all the fiels of the table but that will make the table have inside borders.
Does anyone knows how to put this table with lower border but without inside borders?
Thanks,
Pedro Santos

Answer 1

Hi Pedro,
It is possible but a little complicated.
1. Create 3 new empty text type fields with borders, and without background. These will be your borders around the tax table and they will be visible or hidden depending on the number of tax rows you have.
So the first one must be 2 rows high (1 tax row + 1 total row), the second must be 3 rows high (2 tax rows + 1 total row) and the third one must be 4 rows high (3 tax rows + 1 total row). Position them on the tax table starting from the top of table as you would position your border.
2. You need to watch 4 fields on the layout, the first 4 fields in the last column in the tax table, where the tax amounts will be displayed. Let’s say these 4 fields are: Field_500, Field_501, Field_502 and Field_503. Now create 4 hidden Formula fields:
Field_600:     Field_500!=’’ --it says the 1st tax amount row is not empty
Field_601:     Field_501!=’’ --it says the 2nd tax amount row is not empty
Field_602:     Field_502==’’ --it says the 3rd tax amount row is empty
Field_603:     Field_503==’’ --it says the 4th tax amount row is empty
3. When all the above 4 statements are true then we need to display the first border field, which is only 2 rows high, so now we need to create 4 new hidden fields where the last hidden field  will be true only if all these 4 statements are true. Create 4 hidden Formula fields:
Field_700:     Field_600==’1’     
Field_701:     Field_601==’1’     --link to Field_700
Field_702:     Field_602==’1’     --link to Field_701
Field_703:     Field_603==’1’     --link to Field_702
4. Now link the first, 2 rows high border field to this last field, Field_703. It means the border will only be seen if only the 1st and 2nd rows have any data in the tax table.
5. Create a new hidden Formula field:
Field_604:     Field_502!=’’ --it says the 3rd tax amount row is not empty
6. Create 4 hidden Formula fields as in Step 3:
Field_800:     Field_600==’1’     
Field_801:     Field_601==’1’     --link to Field_800
Field_802:     Field_604==’1’     --link to Field_801
Field_803:     Field_603==’1’     --link to Field_802
7. Now link the second, 3 rows high border field to this last field, Field_803. It means the border will only be seen if only the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rows have any data in the tax table, but not the 4th row.
8. Create a new hidden Formula field:
Field_605:     Field_503!=’’ --it says the 4th tax amount row is not empty
9. Create 4 hidden Formula fields as in Step 3 and 6:
Field_900:     Field_600==’1’     
Field_901:     Field_601==’1’     --link to Field_800
Field_902:     Field_604==’1’     --link to Field_801
Field_903:     Field_605==’1’     --link to Field_802
10. Now link the third, 4 rows high border field to this last field, Field_903. It means the border will only be seen if all the 4 rows have data in the tax table, so you have 3 tax rows + 1 total.