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Fri, 01 April 2011 17:24

Eclipse User

Hi All

I'm trying to put in the footer of my master page the variables Page and TotalPageCount
So for that I add a grid with just one column one row, then I aligned it to the left..I was able to do that, but it shows like this
1
of
1

I want this instead 1/1

If I use Page n of m i got something like this
1 of 1

I couldn't get rid of the spaces ....

Thanks in advance for your help.

JulioC.

Re: Page N of M [message #663356 is a reply to message #662999]

Mon, 04 April 2011 14:44

Eclipse User

For the grid where you have one column and one row, select each item and go to the general tab in the property editor and change the "display" setting from "block" to "inline". This should get them on the same row. Let me know.

Regards,

Michael
www.birt-exchange.org

Re: Page N of M [message #663364 is a reply to message #663356]

Mon, 04 April 2011 15:19

Eclipse User

Michael wrote on Mon, 04 April 2011 14:44

Hi Michael

That worked......you know little things that I'm just learning...

Thanks a lot......

Re: Page N of M [message #663366 is a reply to message #663364]

Mon, 04 April 2011 15:23

Eclipse User

You're very welcome! Smile

Michael
http://www.birt-exchange.org - (forums, examples, getting started guides)

Re: Page N of M [message #663439 is a reply to message #662999]

Tue, 05 April 2011 01:14

Eclipse User

JulioC wrote on Fri, 01 April 2011 17:24

I'm trying to put in the footer of my master page the variables Page and TotalPageCount

Where do you find those Page and TotalPageCount variables ? I tried to search BIRT Report Designer help without success.

I also found following code snippet:

<page-footer>
  <text id="403">
    <property name="textAlign">right</property>
    <method name="onRender">
      this.text = "Page " + pageNumber + " of " + totalPage;
    </method>
    <property name="contentType">html</property>
  </text>
</page-footer>

No idea where those pageNumber and totalPage comes from or how to build such footer with Report Designer thought.

Re: Page N of M [message #663519 is a reply to message #663439]

Tue, 05 April 2011 09:26

Eclipse User

Jani wrote on Tue, 05 April 2011 01:14

JulioC wrote on Fri, 01 April 2011 17:24

I'm trying to put in the footer of my master page the variables Page and TotalPageCount

Where do you find those Page and TotalPageCount variables ? I tried to search BIRT Report Designer help without success.

I also found following code snippet:

<page-footer>
  <text id="403">
    <property name="textAlign">right</property>
    <method name="onRender">
      this.text = "Page " + pageNumber + " of " + totalPage;
    </method>
    <property name="contentType">html</property>
  </text>
</page-footer>

No idea where those pageNumber and totalPage comes from or how to build such footer with Report Designer thought.

Hi
First of all I'm using BIRT 2.6.2
In your report go to the master page
Then choose the palette tab tools, there you will see the autotext variables, under it you have a bunch of variables that you can use in your master page only.

Thanks for the code, I believe it will work when is used in the layout of the report.
Regards
JulioC.

[Updated on: Tue, 05 April 2011 09:27] by Moderator

Re: Page N of M [message #670446 is a reply to message #663519]

Sat, 14 May 2011 01:05

Eclipse User

JulioC wrote on Tue, 05 April 2011 09:26

Jani wrote on Tue, 05 April 2011 01:14
JulioC wrote on Fri, 01 April 2011 17:24
I'm trying to put in the footer of my master page the variables Page and TotalPageCount

Where do you find those Page and TotalPageCount variables ? I tried to search BIRT Report Designer help without success.

I also found following code snippet:
<page-footer>
  <text id="403">
    <property name="textAlign">right</property>
    <method name="onRender">
      this.text = "Page " + pageNumber + " of " + totalPage;
    </method>
    <property name="contentType">html</property>
  </text>
</page-footer>
No idea where those pageNumber and totalPage comes from or how to build such footer with Report Designer thought.

Yes the top fragment will work when you attach this on the footer of
the master page, under scripting , and onRender event. Equivalently this code
is similar to something I wrote here

public void createPageFooterUsingScripting() throws SemanticException{
		SimpleMasterPageHandle masterPageHandle = design.getElementFactory().newSimpleMasterPage(null);
		GridHandle footerGrid = design.getElementFactory().newGridItem(null/* name */,1 , 1 );
		ColumnHandle colHandle = (ColumnHandle) footerGrid.getColumns().get(0);
		RowHandle row01 = (RowHandle) footerGrid.getRows().get(0);
		CellHandle cell1 = (CellHandle) row01.getCells().get(0);
		TextItemHandle textItem = design.getElementFactory().newTextItem(null);
		textItem.setProperty(DesignChoiceConstants.CHOICE_TEXT_ALIGN, DesignChoiceConstants.TEXT_ALIGN_RIGHT);
		textItem.setContentType(DesignChoiceConstants.TEXT_CONTENT_TYPE_HTML);
		String pageFooterExpression = "this.text = \"Page \" + pageNumber  +  \" of \" + totalPage ";
		textItem.setOnRender(pageFooterExpression);
		cell1.getContent().add(textItem);
		masterPageHandle.getSlot(ISimpleMasterPageModel.PAGE_FOOTER_SLOT).add(footerGrid);
		design.getMasterPages().add(masterPageHandle);
	}

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