Count repeating frames occurance

Hello,
In the report there are multiple queries. I am trying to count the total number of repeating frames. Basically, I need to count the final output.
When trying to use "Count" or "Sum" aggregates inside of SQL, I don't get the needed output. Is there some way to give a number to a repeating frame and then sum up its occurance? I tried different ways, but wasn't successful.
I appreciate your help.

Hi Slava
Create a placeholder column, CP_1, at report level. Set its "Value if Null" property to zero.
In the group on which the repeating frame is based, create a formula column and set its code to:
:CP_1 := :CP_1 + 1;
return :CP_1;
This will (indirectly) return a running count and finally the total count of repeating frame instances.
Regards
Sripathy

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Count Repeating Frames

What is the easiest way to count the number of repeating frames(records) that are returned when a report is generated? I want to be able to set items visible based on whether the frame count is even or odd.

Hi Travis,
Let me see if I understand your Q... I think what you want is this:
EmpNo..... EName...... Salary...... SerialNo.....
100....... King....... 1000........ 1
101....... Luther..... 1100........ 2
102....... Doe........ 3000........ 3
If this is what you want, then a function of Count will give you the desired results. It will return 1 for the first row, 2 for the 2nd row and 3 for the 3rd row. You just have to make sure that in the "Data Model", this summary column is placed in the same group as the other records (EmpNo etc), and not outside the group. Choose Reset At > Master_Group or Report (depending on your report design).
Pl let me know if what you want is different.
Navneet.

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Hi all,
When I launch a report from forms then sometimes there are data in the report and sometimes there are no data. And the problem is that when there are no data then the frame containing the repeating frame is still displaying and a blank page displays on the report.
So I want to get the number of rows from the repeating frame so that I can code a format trigger on the frame to display or not the enclosing frame depending on the existence of data from the repeating frame.
Thank you very much indeed.

Dear Friend,
You can achieve this. Define a summary column (say cnt). Select summary type as "COUNT". select any one of columns that are getting displayed in your repeating frame as summary column and provide "reset at" group name (or set this to report if you are defining this field at report level) . This "cnt" variable will contain how many records that will be fetched for your repeating frame (i.e. Group of Repeating frame). You can use this "CNT" variable in your format trigger.
In this case there is no need to write before report trigger or anything.
Regards,
Manish Trivedi

How to find out no. of records or repeating frame in a page

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How do I find out how many records have been displayed on a particular page?
I'm having a repeating frame, and I want to know print another item, on a condition that if the records printed on the page are less than 5 then it should be printed otherwise not.
The item to be printed is not a part of the repeating frame whoz occurences have to be counted.
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Hi Naveen
You can create a Packaged varaible that acts as
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I have a report with a frame for title shown in first page. the content of the report is shown on two columns in a repeating frame(R2) which enclose an other repeating frame (R1). In R2, just after R1, I have a frame for totals. Both repeating frame have down/across print direction. All repeating frames and title frame are enclosed by a regular frame(let say frame A) that have vertical elasticity fixed. at the end of the report i must display an other frame(frame B) with signatures. I put frame B in frame A, just after R2. If I set vertical elasticity to fixed or contract for R2, when the title frame is missing i get an empty space in the bottom of the page(except the first page, where the title appear)(R2 is anchored to title frame). if I set vertical elasticity to variable for R2, the frame B is not shown on last page with records, but in next page. I need a solution to keep the frame B in last page of the report which have records. the problem appear only when I have records in second column.
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Hi,
I think without using Across/Down instead of Down/Across this is not possible. But then the output is
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then you had to add some logic in an additional column for sorting the output. (sounds easy, but the logic need some work depending the count of records and their position.
Regards
Rainer

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I will try to explain the best I can. Keep in mind I am a novice and by no means highly technical. First some background: I edit sports video for college bound athletes. I put together highlight videos for them. When I am filming I start/stop the camera at the beginning/end of a play so I can easily identify/edit "clips". I have imported 10 AVCHD "clips" from my Sony HDR-SR11 to a Premiere Pro CS4 project. I am using the "AVCHD 1080i anamorphic/29.97fps" sequence setting as my output for this project will be a 1440x1080 mepeg2 file. So I get my clips in the timeline add some transitions, no major edits, render the work area and playback. Everything looks fine, all clips play smooth. Now here's the rub. I want to freeze play, highlight an athlete then continue play. To do this I am using AFTER EFFECTS (NOTE I have done this with HDV footage off my Canon HV20 camera with no problems) so anyway with the new CS4 edition I can right click on a clip in my timeline and choose "replace with after effects composition"....I do and the clip migrates to AE into a a composition ready for me to work my magic. So my method for freezing play is select the "clip" in the composition, Ctrl-Alt-T for time remapping. I add 5 seconds to the duration of the composition since I am going to add time when I freeze the clip. I find the point in the clip where I want to freeze it. I place a "time remap" keyframe at that point. I then drag my mouse to highlight the keyframe I just placed and the keyframe at the end of the clip......I drag them to the right 2 seconds, then cut/paste the keyframe I added which is placed by the CTI (which is still at the original point). Now I have a 2 second freeze in play. I add a white solid and do some masking to highlight the athlete during that freeze. And that's it.....I press "O" then "N" to define the work area then I choose "trim comp to work area" from the composition menu. I repeat this process to all my clips and here is where I see the problem. I go back to my timeline in PP and I play the clips......I see my freeze/highlight edits from AE just fine but on SOME clips......2 out of 5 for example.....I get jittery playback. So I decided to scrub thru the clip frame by frame to see what is going on. So within 29 frames this is what I see. Girl is getting ready to serve a volleyball....Frame 1-15....she steps forward to serve THEN at frame 18 she pops back to the starting point...IT LOOKS LIKE FRAMES 1-12 ARE BEING REPEATED. I scrub the rest of the clip and this happens at random points....a small block of frames gets repeated throughout the clip which in the end looks like "jitter" or "jumpy" motion. I follow the same workflow in AE for each clip BUT this "jitter" does not happen on every clip...only some. So is my workflow at fault or is AE/PP/Adobe still buggy when it comes to working with AVCHD codec?? Anyone else experience this, if so do you have a fix?

I haven't tested your theory yet Andrew but I did do this. In trying to track down exactly where these repeated frames are occurring. In AE I redid one clip that was repeating frames. I went frame by frame in AE and see no repeated frames. These changes should occur automatically in PP since the AE comp is still dynamically linked to my PP timeline. So I scrubbed the "source" (AE comp) file from the PP project panel frame by frame. And low and behold there are repeated frames, so it appears the problem is the handoff from AE to PP Sooooooo, ok I deleted the source file in the PP project panel and reimport it via dynamic link. Open the clip in the source monitor and yes...repeated frames at same point....recheck the comp in AE....no repeated frames. Delete the clip from PP project panel and this time import the clip directly instead of dynamic link.....repeated frames still there. So how about rendering the clip in AE the old fashion way then import to PP. AE Render Queue best settings - lossless.....blah blah blah. I ended up with an .avi file with no repeated frames. So to me the problem is the handoff between AE & PP. So rendering my AVCHD comps in AE first is my work around for now. Andrew...thanks! I will try your theory of converting the clip prior to the comp asap...right now I am trying to meet a deadline.

Question about repeating frames

I am producing a summary report.
I have several querys that produce different counts.
for each query I have to have a different repeating frame to display the count.
However if I produce a summary column on that querys information I do not
need to repeating column.
My question is which way is better?
Thanks

I am curious. Does your repeating frame only display the total count? It's hard to say which way is better, although you could try qualifying the two on certain criteria. Do they both display the same data you (or the user) wants to see? Which way is easier on you to set up? Did you already do it one way and is it working? If so, is the current way running satisfactory?
I think a lot of times developers waste hours upon hours trying to make something run a few seconds quicker for a user that may only use the program a couple times a month if that.
Personally I would use the summary column method. If for no other reason, that it is more manageable to me as the developer to alter a field than it is to alter a frame.

Repeating Frames Prior to a Transition

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I'm sure it's something that I have overlooked, but I'm going to need some help. I have a DVD of individual clips I want to make into one longer project and include titles, transitions, and chapter markers. So I ripped (legally...their my clips) these clips off of the DVD via Handbrake. Handbrake encoded them in .m4v, so through Streamclip I took these clips and converted them to AIC/.mov/48,000. From there I imported them into FCE to edit.
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Alchroma wrote:
You have an AIC clip in a DV Timeline!!
You need to change the FCE Easy Setup to match the AIC Streamclip converted files, audio and video properties.
Then you have a chance. At the moment the field order is back to front.
If you have to render all the Timeline when a clip is edited to it, there is a mis-match issue somewhere.
Al
Al,
When I saw you answered I thought I would have a "duh" moment, but I'm still not clear. In trying to understand what I have done incorrectly let me be more specific.
I have two sequences with identically converted clips. When I began working on sequence #1, I set the Easy Setup as I described, but FCE said that the sequence did not match the clip...do I want it to. I said yes. I finished this sequence and it played correctly. I did the same thing for sequence #2, but this sequence plays with the repeated frames during the transitions. The Easy Setup still shows the DV-NTSC setting.
So I have two sequences that I set up the same way. One plays fine and the other doesn't.
In neither case did I need to render the clips after I put them in the Timeline. I'm assuming this is because I converted them prior to importing them to FCE.
If there is some other piece of info I'm missing that would help, let me know and I'm happy to get it.
Thanks again,
Marc

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Hi,
sounds like there's no child object for your object with page break before. This property has only impact of the object itself and all it's child objects. An object is a child object of another object, if the position of this objects has impact of the own position. This is only the case, if the parent object is vertical expandable and the child object is horizontally overlapping the virtual expand-region, or the child-object is anchored to the parent object.
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After creating a data group in Data Model, I place a repeating frame corresponding it the group created.
But In the presentation of the report, There is records in first line and after space, no records of other columns only data for the column grouped is seen. And too the reality number of pages has increased.
Why this fact is occured ?
How to avoid this ?
Thanks in advance
Regards.

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Hi
I have 3 queries that represent 3 different levels. Each level is displayed one above the other. Example
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Are these 3 queries independent of each other or linked with Data Link?
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