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PDF emitter page overflow configuration [message #1015747] Fri, 01 March 2013 22:48 Go to next message
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Hello,

I noticed that when I export a report as a PDF from the BIRT web viewer, the page overflow behavior is different than what happens when I run it programmatically through the report engine API. Exporting from the web viewer allows dynamic page breaks within statically sized grids, while running the report programmatically does not.

I have attached an example report. If I open this report in the report designer and click View Report as PDF, the resulting report is only 1 page long. The PDF emitter appears to use the CLIP_CONTENT option from the IPDFRenderOption class. However, if I click View Report in Web Viewer, and in the web viewer use the Export Report button to export a PDF, 53 pages are produced.

What I need to know is how to get the PDF emitter to allow page breaks as it does in the web emitter through the report engine API. I tried the following code to set an option in my PDFRenderOption, but it didn't change the behavior.

renderOption.setOption(IPDFRenderOption.PAGE_OVERFLOW, IPDFRenderOption. OUTPUT_TO_MULTIPLE_PAGES);

Does anyone know how to get this to work?

[Updated on: Mon, 04 March 2013 09:20] by Moderator

Re: PDF emitter page overflow configuration [message #1016044 is a reply to message #1015747] Mon, 04 March 2013 12:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Are you using separate run and render task? That is required for pagination.

Jason
Re: PDF emitter page overflow configuration [message #1016288 is a reply to message #1016044] Tue, 05 March 2013 15:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hello Jason,

I tried that, and it fixed my problem. I appreciate your assistance.

John
Re: PDF emitter page overflow configuration [message #1027981 is a reply to message #1016044] Wed, 27 March 2013 13:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Why are separate Run and Render tasks required for pagination?

We are using RunAndRenderTask with great success for PDF generation!

The only "little" issue is that page numbering doesn't work nice;
we found a work-around for this with a PostProcessor using iText.
Re: PDF emitter page overflow configuration [message #1028063 is a reply to message #1027981] Wed, 27 March 2013 15:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
With a runandrender task pagination will show up in pdf, but to support the full pagination and event model both are required. You can always delete the rptdocument when you are finished as well. Thanks for the tip.
Re: PDF emitter page overflow configuration [message #1736809 is a reply to message #1028063] Fri, 01 July 2016 23:16 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
How can I mimick the settings in the birt web viewer? Debug Configuration, IPDFRenderOptions..? Is there an xml for the task, Run + Render. What are the default settings. Is that found in the emitter?

[Updated on: Fri, 01 July 2016 23:16] by Moderator

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