A report function that pre-computes the smallest item in a group. The Items must be mutually comparable among each
other or the function will fail. Comparing dates with strings will not work.
Like all Total-Functions, this function produces a precomputed grand total. The function's result is precomputed once
and will not change later. Printing the result of this function in a group header returns the same value as printed
in the group-footer.
The ItemMinFunction can be used to produce a running minimum for a group or report.
A group can be defined using the property "group". If the group property is not set, the function will process the
whole report.
author: Thomas Morgner
Return a completly separated copy of this function. The copy does no longer share any changeable objects with the
original function.
a copy of this function.