| Word doc has unwanted empty paragraphs [message #736014] |
Thu, 13 October 2011 11:11  |
 Gerald Ploner
Messages: 19
Registered: July 2009 |
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Hello,
I have this problem with BIRT version 3.7.1.
After fixing https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=352067 the generated Word document is modified in comparison to version <=3.7.0. A lot of empty paragraphs are visible and cause in my report:
1) additional space between tables.
2) that the content of all table cells containing a nested grid got an additional empty line (with the exception of the first table row). As there are multiple tables with a lot of rows, the tables are bloated and need more place as necessary.
3) that the dynamical setting of the master page height for a large image, stored within a table containing image slices, doesn't work anymore. Therefore a large image will be wrapped and displayed at 2 pages which should be avoided in my use case (if possible).
I think that in the context of the fix of Bug 352067 the writing of hidden paragraphes was replaced by empty paragraphs...
If I replace in the generated Word document the empty paragraph "<w:p/>" by the hidden paragraph "<w:p><w:rPr><w:vanish w:val="on"/></w:rPr></w:p>" then I have the same, desired layout as if I use Birt 3.7.0.
How can I achieve the same appearance of my report with BIRT 3.7.1 using Word (without displaying paragraphes/formatting characters)?
Possible workarounds:
For 1): I could create a further component library for BIRT >= 3.7.1 and change the layout for all table components (decrease margins, padding...). This is time consuming and I would have to maintain additional rptdesigns in future(we already have to support report generation with BIRT 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 3.7... in html, pdf and word)
For 3): Calculation of master page height: I could programmatically add an additional height for empty paragraphs (if Birt >= 3.7.1 and format=Word)
For 2): ??? I don't see a workaround. I think it's a bug that the use of a grid within a table cell causes a new line in nearly all table rows and I can't get rid of the display of this empty paragraph (e.g. by toggling the visibility of formatting characters in Word).
Best regards,
Gerald.
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| Re: Word doc has unwanted empty paragraphs [message #736128 is a reply to message #736014] |
Thu, 13 October 2011 15:58  |
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Gerald,
Could open another bugzilla entry with these comments and reference the
352067 bug as well?
Jason
On 10/13/2011 7:11 AM, Gerald Ploner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have this problem with BIRT version 3.7.1.
>
> After fixing https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=352067 the
> generated Word document is modified in comparison to version <=3.7.0. A
> lot of empty paragraphs are visible and cause in my report:
>
> 1) additional space between tables.
>
> 2) that the content of all table cells containing a nested grid got an
> additional empty line (with the exception of the first table row). As
> there are multiple tables with a lot of rows, the tables are bloated and
> need more place as necessary.
>
> 3) that the dynamical setting of the master page height for a large
> image, stored within a table containing image slices, doesn't work
> anymore. Therefore a large image will be wrapped and displayed at 2
> pages which should be avoided in my use case (if possible).
>
> I think that in the context of the fix of Bug 352067 the writing of
> hidden paragraphes was replaced by empty paragraphs...
> If I replace in the generated Word document the empty paragraph "<w:p/>"
> by the hidden paragraph "<w:p><w:rPr><w:vanish
> w:val="on"/></w:rPr></w:p>" then I have the same, desired layout as if I
> use Birt 3.7.0.
>
> How can I achieve the same appearance of my report with BIRT 3.7.1 using
> Word (without displaying paragraphes/formatting characters)?
>
> Possible workarounds:
> For 1): I could create a further component library for BIRT >= 3.7.1 and
> change the layout for all table components (decrease margins,
> padding...). This is time consuming and I would have to maintain
> additional rptdesigns in future(we already have to support report
> generation with BIRT 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 3.7... in html, pdf and word)
>
> For 3): Calculation of master page height: I could programmatically add
> an additional height for empty paragraphs (if Birt >= 3.7.1 and
> format=Word)
>
> For 2): ??? I don't see a workaround. I think it's a bug that the use of
> a grid within a table cell causes a new line in nearly all table rows
> and I can't get rid of the display of this empty paragraph (e.g. by
> toggling the visibility of formatting characters in Word).
>
> Best regards,
> Gerald.
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