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Wed, 14 October 2020 09:39

Eclipse User

Hi

We have a requirement to take the complete contents of a multi-line text file, and put it into a cell in a BIRT report.

Unfortunately, I cannot manipulate the text file before the BIRT engine gets it. Otherwise I could wrap it in XML tags and make BIRT react to it as an XML data source.

Is there any easy way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance
Phil

Re: Custom data source [message #1833614 is a reply to message #1833484]

Mon, 19 October 2020 16:51

Eclipse User

You should be able to use csv or excel also. Just need a source that BIRT can read.

Re: Custom data source [message #1833634 is a reply to message #1833614]

Tue, 20 October 2020 03:03

Eclipse User

Hi Robert
Thanks for the reply. You're right, I need a source that BIRT can read. The complete contents of an unstructured text file doesn't seem to qualify.
Cheers
Phil

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