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How to add new Report items to eclipse BIRT juno [message #919761]

Sat, 22 September 2012 05:59

Ashwin kumar
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Registered: September 2012

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HI ,
i am very new to java and BIRT, could you some one let me assist on
how to get line,radio button ,rectangle etc as palette report items eclipse BIRT juno as i need to use those report items for my project

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Re: How to add new Report items to eclipse BIRT juno [message #922175 is a reply to message #919761]

Mon, 24 September 2012 16:15

Jason Weathersby
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Registered: July 2009

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Currently these types of items are not in the BIRT palette. If you want to draw rectangles and lines you can use grids and borders. Radio buttons can be implemented by using a text element and just entering html like:

<input type="radio" name="buttontest" value="test" onClick='selectFunction(value)'>My Button</input>

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Re: How to add new Report items to eclipse BIRT juno [message #923184 is a reply to message #922175]

Tue, 25 September 2012 13:29

Ashwin kumar
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Registered: September 2012

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here our project requirement is like we need to display huge data from multiple tables. some times we may need to display more than 15 different set data fields(diff. size) in single line.hence for such requirements if have Line as the report item ,then i think its good to distinction.
so is there any way to have Line as report item( as in crystal or Active reports)may be with some plugin?

i also observed one issue with BIRT is we can't move the reports items easily(with mouse or arrow keys) on reports(during design time) and the only way is adjust the margin properties.is there any alternate way for easy moment of controls on report(may be with mouse or arrow keys) as in other reporting tools(crystal or Active reports)?

when we drag controls on report(may be label) is occupying complete area(i.e label width is almost same as report width),again to adjust the label width,we need to be update XML source .is there any way to adjust report label or text width with mouse?

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Re: How to add new Report items to eclipse BIRT juno [message #923348 is a reply to message #923184]

Tue, 25 September 2012 17:00

Jason Weathersby
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You need to use grids to position items where you want them. BIRT supports css style sheets so you can use borders to separate content. Look at the attached example report. It is a bit different than those tools but lays out a report much like a web page designer.

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Re: How to add new Report items to eclipse BIRT juno [message #923349 is a reply to message #923348]

Tue, 25 September 2012 17:02

Jason Weathersby
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BTW BIRT does support extension points to add items to the palette, For example:
http://code.google.com/a/eclipselabs.org/p/birt-controls-lib/
http://digiassn.blogspot.com/2010/02/birt-birt-report-item-extensions.html

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