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"keep together" functionality [message #216647]

Fri, 02 February 2007 09:12

Eclipse User

Hi out there!

I'm working on a few of different reports with BIRT and it works quite
well. I think BIRT is one of the best reporting tools today.

Unfortunately there is one thing that is very bad and that is the whole
page breaking functionality for PDF reports. All my reports have the
same problem that parts that should kept together (like the title of a
table and the table) are torn apart by page breaks. It's really ugly if
a title is at the end of one page and the body (e.g. a table or a list)
is on the next page.

I know that calculating page breaks for PDFs is not easy. But what
bothers me the most is that both the BIRT help and even the "Field Guide
to Reporting" book write about this "keep together" functionality but
neither says how to do this.
This newsgroup contains many post where exactly this is asked but (tell
me if I'm wrong) no single one is answered.

So here is my Question: Is or is it not possible to keep parts of a
report together even over page breaks?

If yes... how and under what conditions?
If not... fine. But say it, so I can go my way and forget it.

Thanks for every answer.

Re: "keep together" functionality [message #216655 is a reply to message #216647]

Fri, 02 February 2007 09:20

Eclipse User

have exactly the same problem!!!

"Roger Villars" <roger.villars@mimacom.ch> wrote in message
news:epvgtr$ht6$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> Hi out there!
>
> I'm working on a few of different reports with BIRT and it works quite
> well. I think BIRT is one of the best reporting tools today.
>
> Unfortunately there is one thing that is very bad and that is the whole
> page breaking functionality for PDF reports. All my reports have the
> same problem that parts that should kept together (like the title of a
> table and the table) are torn apart by page breaks. It's really ugly if
> a title is at the end of one page and the body (e.g. a table or a list)
> is on the next page.
>
> I know that calculating page breaks for PDFs is not easy. But what
> bothers me the most is that both the BIRT help and even the "Field Guide
> to Reporting" book write about this "keep together" functionality but
> neither says how to do this.
> This newsgroup contains many post where exactly this is asked but (tell
> me if I'm wrong) no single one is answered.
>
> So here is my Question: Is or is it not possible to keep parts of a
> report together even over page breaks?
>
> If yes... how and under what conditions?
> If not... fine. But say it, so I can go my way and forget it.
>
> Thanks for every answer.

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