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Dynamic Page Break [message #1014837]

Tue, 26 February 2013 15:07

Pamella Lowe

Messages: 4
Registered: February 2013

Junior Member

Can anyone help me? I am trying to create a dynamic page break in Birt 3.0. I am using a page break parameter and putting the following:

"if (BirtComp.equalTo(params["PageBreak"], true) && Total.count() != Total.runningCount()) {
this .getStyle().pageBreakAfter = "always";
}"

On the script tab - drop down (On create). This is all on a label located on the table footer.

Is there something that I am missing?

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Re: Dynamic Page Break [message #1014945 is a reply to message #1014837]

Tue, 26 February 2013 22:06

Michael Williams

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Can you look in the XML Source of your report design and paste the version info from the top few lines into here, so I know which BIRT version you're using. 3.0 is not a BIRT version. Even better, if you can create an example using the sample database, with your version and just attach it in here, that'd allow me to see everything you're doing and to test with the same file.

Michael

Developer Evangelist, Silanis

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Re: Dynamic Page Break [message #1014950 is a reply to message #1014945]

Tue, 26 February 2013 22:29

Pamella Lowe

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Registered: February 2013

Junior Member

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<report xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/2005/design" version="3.2.16" id="1">
<property name="createdBy">Eclipse BIRT Designer Version 2.3.0.v20080606 Build <2.3.0.v20080618-0630></property>

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Re: Dynamic Page Break [message #1014961 is a reply to message #1014950]

Tue, 26 February 2013 23:18

Michael Williams

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Registered: July 2009

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Thanks! Okay. So, what you're wanting to do is to accept a parameter to decide whether to page break at the end of a group or not? Or is this to simply page break after a table. Please let me know a little more detail and I'll make a sample report.

Michael

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Re: Dynamic Page Break [message #1014964 is a reply to message #1014961]

Tue, 26 February 2013 23:21

Pamella Lowe

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Registered: February 2013

Junior Member

Yes, I would like to page break at the end of a table. I have the script in a label at the end of a table and the pagebreak is set to "Auto". If I set the pagebreak to "Always" it works to break always, but sometimes my user would like to print it all together in pdf format. Thank you for your help.

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Re: Dynamic Page Break [message #1014968 is a reply to message #1014837]

Wed, 27 February 2013 00:00

Michael Williams

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Registered: July 2009

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Take a look at the script in the onCreate of the table's footer row. If the checkbox parameter is selected, there is a page break. If it's not, there isn't. Let me know if this isn't quite what you're looking for.

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Michael

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Re: Dynamic Page Break [message #1015150 is a reply to message #1014968]

Wed, 27 February 2013 15:24

Pamella Lowe

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Registered: February 2013

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this is what I want to do, but even when I do all of that it does not work. I have the code and the pagebreak from the library, but when I reset the pagebreak to "Auto" so it will rely on the script, it does not page break at all. See attachment.

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