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Re: How to set default font and size type [message #780420 is a reply to message #780340] |
Tue, 17 January 2012 18:59 |
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Have you tried changing the default pre-defined styles in the style editor?
Jason
On 1/17/2012 11:18 AM, michael wirzbicki wrote:
> Greetings,
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> I have existing birt reports that when I generate the excel output files (HTML) via the birt engine I don't get a default font and size type. The reason I ask is based upon the system font default (in this case windows) I can get different display results in xcel from system to system.
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> So how do I set a default font type and size in the report (outside of each field).
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> If you need more details please ask, I've included a sample output file which I hope helps.
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> Thank-you in advance for your help!
> Mike W.
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Re: How to set default font and size type [message #780877 is a reply to message #780658] |
Thu, 19 January 2012 18:51 |
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Michael
Look in the outline view and click on the styles node. Double click on
the report style and change the font to what you want.
Jason
On 1/18/2012 5:11 PM, michael wirzbicki wrote:
> Which predefine style controls the creation of the HTML tag of <STYLES>
> and <DEFAULT> for xcell generated output?
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> The reason being we're using another tool that needs to get the font
> style and size being used so it can pass the proper column width to our
> app. Without it they assume a default font style and size and calculate
> column width which is incorrect base upon the report design files.
>
> Thank-you in advance for your help!
>
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Re: How to set default font and size type [message #780893 is a reply to message #780891] |
Thu, 19 January 2012 20:04 |
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Mike,
Can you try this with 3.7? Be sure to set the report style font.
Jason
On 1/19/2012 2:55 PM, michael wirzbicki wrote:
> Question: the file output for xcel generated by calling BIRT Engine
> (2.3.1) contains XML output(xcell 2003). We put an ".xls" extension on
> the output name so when someone opens it xcell reads and formats the
> columns correctly (28.95). I pass the same unaltered file to "the tool"
> to get column width it returns (37.43).
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> Now I take and save this file in xcel (2007) to .xls format pass it to
> "the tool" and it now returns (28.95) as column width (what I want). The
> tool owners state that since the XML output does not have a default font
> and size "the tool" assumes a default of "Ariel 10" as the bases for
> column width calculation.
> o - Is there a way to set this in BIRT 2.3.1?
> o - Does this change in BIRT 3.7?
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> I've tried to apply styles to the report but it has not effect.
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> Thank-you in advance for your help!
>
> Mike W.
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