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Remove special characters from generated word doc [message #688007]

Thu, 23 June 2011 17:10

anna.w.teittinen

Messages: 23
Registered: February 2011

Junior Member

Hello,

I would like to know if anyone can provide input / solution to a problem I am encountering with the Word 2010 file that can be generated using the BIRT Report Engine library. From what I read in this forum and the BIRT Reporting Forum, the BIRT Report Engine API can only generate a word doc in Word 2010 format.

Here is my snippet of code (assume 'engine' has already been initialized) to generate a word 2010 doc file:
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IReportRunnable report = engine.openReportDesign(reportDesignName);
IRunAndRenderTask task = engine.createRunAndRenderTask(report);

IRenderOption options = new RenderOption();
options.setOutputFileName(fullPathOutputFilename);
options.setOutputFormat("doc");

task.setRenderOption(options);
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I have attached a small word doc ("test3.doc") generated using the above code.
This sample report simply has 2 grids, each with 2 cells, each cell has a label.

As you can see in the word doc, there appears to be some special characters as if to show where each grid and label are positioned.
Also, as I move the cursor (hover) over each row, there appears to be some special symbols on both the left and right of the row, moving as the cursor moves.

How can I get rid of (or hide) these? I just want to generate a word doc that will let me make modifications manually later on without seeing any special characters. When I create a word doc manually (via File->New), I do not see these special characters when I type.

Do I use the ITaskOption.setOption( String name, Object value ) method?
The api does not provide any valid parameter values to pass in.

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/viewvc.cgi/source/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/api/ITaskOption.java?view=markup&revision=1.2&root=BIRT_Project

Thanks so much in advance for your help.
--Anna

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Re: Remove special characters from generated word doc [message #688040 is a reply to message #688007]

Thu, 23 June 2011 18:34

Jason Weathersby

Messages: 9167
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

I believe what you are seeing is word tables. After you do File->New, then insert a table and see if it shows the same thing.

Jason

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Re: Remove special characters from generated word doc [message #688062 is a reply to message #688040]

Thu, 23 June 2011 19:55

anna.w.teittinen

Messages: 23
Registered: February 2011

Junior Member

Hello Jason,

Yes, you are right!

But do you know if we can hide the paragraph special formatting symbols from the generated word doc via a method call in the BIRT Report Engine API?

Can we use the ITaskOption.setOption( String name, Object value ) method to do this?

Thanks,
--Anna

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