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Show empty text elements in report [message #1148331] Mon, 21 October 2013 12:28 Go to next message
Jan Krakora is currently offline Jan KrakoraFriend
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Hi,

I have a table with one column and two rows in its detail part. The second row contains an image while the first row contains a Text element. When the column binded to the Text element doesn't contain any text value, the Text element is removed from the layout.

I would like to keep the Text element within the layout so there will be an empty space. How can I do that?

When I use Data element, it works as I expected. But Data element can't show HTML.

[Updated on: Mon, 21 October 2013 13:14]

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Re: Show empty text elements in report [message #1148676 is a reply to message #1148331] Mon, 21 October 2013 17:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michael Williams is currently offline Michael WilliamsFriend
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Have you tried putting the text element into a grid within the table cell?

Michael

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Re: Show empty text elements in report [message #1148768 is a reply to message #1148676] Mon, 21 October 2013 18:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jan Krakora is currently offline Jan KrakoraFriend
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Yes, I put it into a grid. It doesn't help.
The only solution so far is to set a fixed height on the row of the grid containing that Text element.

I would like to find a better solution. Something like a 'showIfBlank' property. In fact that property exists, but it's ignored.
At least in matter of this meaning.

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Re: Show empty text elements in report [message #1162832 is a reply to message #1148768] Wed, 30 October 2013 16:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jan Krakora is currently offline Jan KrakoraFriend
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ping

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Re: Show empty text elements in report [message #1196948 is a reply to message #1162832] Tue, 19 November 2013 17:28 Go to previous message
Michael Williams is currently offline Michael WilliamsFriend
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Sorry for the delay. You could probably write a line of script in the onCreate method of the grid to check the row value used in the text box. If it's blank, you could set the height on the grid. If it's not, you'd leave it unset. Let me know.

Michael

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