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Column width Overflow [message #557234]

Mon, 06 September 2010 08:30

Chris

Messages: 47
Registered: September 2010

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Please excuse a real newby to BIRT. I am used to crystal reports and am trying to work out how BIRT achieves the same results.

I need to be able to extend the group heading fields past the end of the column rather than word wrap.
eg
CUSTOMER Customer Order Number
Number
Anna's Decorations,
Ltd
276 Anna's Decorations, 10148
Ltd
276 Anna's Decorations, 10169
Ltd
276 Anna's Decorations, 10370
Ltd
276 Anna's Decorations, 10391
Ltd

I would like to see

CUSTOMER Customer Order Number --heading
Number
Anna's Decorations, Ltd --group
276 Anna's Decorations, 10148
Ltd
276 Anna's Decorations, 10169
Ltd
276 Anna's Decorations, 10370
Ltd
276 Anna's Decorations, 10391
Ltd

in the above case the group field customer name (Anna's Decorations, Ltd) has extended into the next column's space (Customer) as there is no field in the second column for the group. Similar to how data is shown in Excel when the adjacent column is empty.
The problem is the detail lines contain many columns and to fit them in I need the wider group data fields to overlap several detail columns. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Version 3.5.2 Build M20100211-1343

Any ideas.
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<text-property name="displayName">CUSTOMERNUMBER</text-property>
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<property name="columnName">CUSTOMERNAME</property>
<text-property name="displayName">CUSTOMERNAME</text-property>
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<structure>
<property name="columnName">ORDERNUMBER</property>
<text-property name="displayName">ORDERNUMBER</text-property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="columnName">ORDERDATE</property>
<text-property name="displayName">ORDERDATE</text-property>
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<property name="columnName">REQUIREDDATE</property>
<text-property name="displayName">REQUIREDDATE</text-property>
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<property name="columnName">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
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<property name="position">2</property>
<property name="name">CUSTOMERNAME</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
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<property name="position">3</property>
<property name="name">ORDERNUMBER</property>
<property name="dataType">integer</property>
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<property name="position">4</property>
<property name="name">ORDERDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
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<property name="position">5</property>
<property name="name">REQUIREDDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
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<property name="position">6</property>
<property name="name">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
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<property name="position">7</property>
<property name="name">CITY</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
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<property name="position">8</property>
<property name="name">STATE</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
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<property name="dataSource">Data Source</property>
<list-property name="resultSet">
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<property name="position">1</property>
<property name="name">CUSTOMERNUMBER</property>
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<property name="dataType">integer</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">4</property>
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<property name="position">2</property>
<property name="name">CUSTOMERNAME</property>
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<property name="dataType">string</property>
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<property name="position">3</property>
<property name="name">ORDERNUMBER</property>
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<property name="dataType">integer</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">4</property>
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<structure>
<property name="position">4</property>
<property name="name">ORDERDATE</property>
<property name="nativeName">ORDERDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">91</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">5</property>
<property name="name">REQUIREDDATE</property>
<property name="nativeName">REQUIREDDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">91</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="position">6</property>
<property name="name">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
<property name="nativeName">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">91</property>
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<property name="position">7</property>
<property name="name">CITY</property>
<property name="nativeName">CITY</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">12</property>
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<property name="name">STATE</property>
<property name="nativeName">STATE</property>
<property name="dataType">string</property>
<property name="nativeDataType">12</property>
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CLASSICMODELS.ORDERS.REQUIREDDATE,CLASSICMODELS.ORDERS.SHIPP EDDATE,
CLASSICMODELS.CUSTOMERS.CITY,CLASSICMODELS.CUSTOMERS.STATE
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<design:displayName>ORDERNUMBER</design:displayName>
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</design:formattingHints>
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<list-property name="boundDataColumns">
<structure>
<property name="name">ORDERNUMBER</property>
<text-property name="displayName">ORDERNUMBER</text-property>
<expression name="expression" type="javascript">dataSetRow["ORDERNUMBER"]</expression >
<property name="dataType">integer</property>
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<structure>
<property name="name">ORDERDATE</property>
<text-property name="displayName">ORDERDATE</text-property>
<expression name="expression" type="javascript">dataSetRow["ORDERDATE"]</expression>
<property name="dataType">date</property>
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<structure>
<property name="name">REQUIREDDATE</property>
<text-property name="displayName">REQUIREDDATE</text-property>
<expression name="expression" type="javascript">dataSetRow["REQUIREDDATE"]</expression >
<property name="dataType">date</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="name">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
<text-property name="displayName">SHIPPEDDATE</text-property>
<expression name="expression" type="javascript">dataSetRow["SHIPPEDDATE"]</expression >
<property name="dataType">date</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="name">CUSTOMERNAME</property>
<text-property name="displayName">CUSTOMERNAME</text-property>
<expression name="expression" type="javascript">dataSetRow["CUSTOMERNAME"]</expression >
<property name="dataType">string</property>
</structure>
<structure>
<property name="name">CUSTOMERNUMBER</property>
<text-property name="displayName">CUSTOMERNUMBER</text-property>
<expression name="expression" type="javascript">dataSetRow["CUSTOMERNUMBER"]</expression >
<property name="dataType">integer</property>
</structure>
</list-property>
<column id="65"/>
<column id="24"/>
<column id="58"/>
<column id="25"/>
<column id="26"/>
<column id="27"/>
<header>
<row id="30">
<property name="textAlign">left</property>
<cell id="62">
<label id="66">
<property name="textAlign">left</property>
<text-property name="text">CUSTOMER Number</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
<cell id="31">
<text id="29">
<property name="textAlign">left</property>
<property name="contentType">auto</property>
<text-property name="content"><![CDATA[Customer]]></text-property>
</text>
</cell>
<cell id="55">
<text id="35">
<property name="contentType">auto</property>
<text-property name="content"><![CDATA[Order Number]]></text-property>
</text>
</cell>
<cell id="32">
<label id="37">
<text-property name="text">ORDERDATE</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
<cell id="33">
<label id="39">
<text-property name="text">REQUIREDDATE</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
<cell id="34">
<label id="41">
<text-property name="text">SHIPPEDDATE</text-property>
</label>
</cell>
</row>
</header>
<group id="68">
<property name="groupName">NewTableGroup1</property>
<property name="interval">none</property>
<property name="sortDirection">asc</property>
<expression name="keyExpr" type="javascript">row["CUSTOMERNAME"]</expression>
<structure name="toc">
<expression name="expressionValue" type="javascript">row["CUSTOMERNAME"]</expression>
</structure>
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<property name="pageBreakBefore">auto</property>
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<row id="69">
<cell id="70">
<data id="83">
<property name="resultSetColumn">CUSTOMERNAME</property>
</data>
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<cell id="72"/>
<cell id="73"/>
<cell id="74"/>
<cell id="75"/>
</row>
</header>
<footer>
<row id="76">
<cell id="77"/>
<cell id="78"/>
<cell id="79"/>
<cell id="80"/>
<cell id="81"/>
<cell id="82"/>
</row>
</footer>
</group>
<detail>
<row id="14">
<cell id="63">
<data id="67">
<property name="resultSetColumn">CUSTOMERNUMBER</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="15">
<data id="60">
<property name="resultSetColumn">CUSTOMERNAME</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="56">
<data id="36">
<property name="resultSetColumn">ORDERNUMBER</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="16">
<data id="38">
<property name="resultSetColumn">ORDERDATE</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="17">
<data id="40">
<property name="resultSetColumn">REQUIREDDATE</property>
</data>
</cell>
<cell id="18">
<data id="42">
<property name="resultSetColumn">SHIPPEDDATE</property>
</data>
</cell>
</row>
</detail>
<footer>
<row id="19">
<cell id="64"/>
<cell id="20"/>
<cell id="57"/>
<cell id="21"/>
<cell id="22"/>
<cell id="23"/>
</row>
</footer>
</table>
</body>
</report>
Chris

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