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Cell colspan change affecting other adjoining cell formatting [message #1622298]

Wed, 18 February 2015 11:51

Ameya Advankar

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Registered: February 2015

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Hi ,

I have a Table with Groups in it. There are Group Headers as well as Footers present in the Table.

Requirement: Footer consists of Summations with the 1st cell of Footer having a Text field while the summations appear in the subsequent columns. Dynamically set the colSpan of this 1st cell to span till the 1st summable column encountered.

Issue: The dynamic colSpan is working properly, however the row above (i.e. Detail row) has a Dotted bottom border which has normal weight and is stretched end to end. When the summation column text is dynamically spanned across till the 1st summable column, it affects the dotted line above it, causing the Bold property of the Summation text to be applied on the part of Dotted line which is just above it. The Dotted line is visibly bolder only till the 1st summable column and is normal thereafter, hence confirming our doubts on its cause.
Attached reference image, Red is the anamoly while Green is expected normal weight line --> index.php/fa/20896/0/

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Re: Cell colspan change affecting other adjoining cell formatting [message #1622884 is a reply to message #1622298]

Wed, 18 February 2015 20:23

Michael Williams

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Registered: July 2009

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Could you attach a sample design that I can run (classic models sample database or a flat file or something) that shows the issue? Thanks.

Michael

Developer Evangelist, Silanis

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Re: Cell colspan change affecting other adjoining cell formatting [message #1623548 is a reply to message #1622884]

Thu, 19 February 2015 06:46

Ameya Advankar

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Registered: February 2015

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Hi Michael,
Thanks for the reply,

It will be tough to replicate the issue in a demo rptdesign since we have a framework built around birt which caters to our project. Will try and reproduce it nonetheless.

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Re: Cell colspan change affecting other adjoining cell formatting [message #1623902 is a reply to message #1622884]

Thu, 19 February 2015 12:04

Ameya Advankar

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Registered: February 2015

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Hi Michael,

Please find attached, a sample rptdesign and mock excel data which is used to run the report. I have made the dotted line weight as thick so that the effect seems prominant and noticable.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Place rptdesign and xlsx in same directory
2. Open rptdesign in report viewer [ Eclipse ]
3. Run tab > View Report > As PDF

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Re: Cell colspan change affecting other adjoining cell formatting [message #1623923 is a reply to message #1623902]

Thu, 19 February 2015 12:21

Ameya Advankar

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Registered: February 2015

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Note: I tried some scenarios and irrespective of the Subtotal text being bold or not, the issue still persists. So the Bold property of the Subtotal text in footer row is not causing the issue, but something else instead.

[Updated on: Thu, 19 February 2015 12:21]

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Re: Cell colspan change affecting other adjoining cell formatting [message #1624463 is a reply to message #1623923]

Thu, 19 February 2015 20:21

Michael Williams

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Registered: July 2009

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This appears to be a bug. Please log a bug for this in the bugzilla. You'll find a link to the bugzilla in the community section of eclipse.org/birt.

A workaround in the time being would be to add another group footer row above the one with the colSpan script and set its height to 0.01in.

Michael

Developer Evangelist, Silanis

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