design question

[wegnerk]

Hi,

 

is it possible, to give differing groups different backgroundcolors? So, i have a list of monthly values, grouped by year, and i want to have for every second year another backgroundcolor, grey for example.

 

I work with IReport...

 

and sorry for my english mistakes, i'm a bit out of training ;)

[lucianc]

It's possible by using conditional styles (introduced in JR 1.2.0).

 

What you need to do is:

-create a variable which increments by one for each year group

-create a style which specifies a grey background when this variable is even

-apply this style to a frame inside which you place all the report elements in the detail band (or apply it to a rectangle placed behind the elements in the detail band if you don't want Html or Excel output).

 

You can take a look at the "scriptlet" sample in the JR distribution to see something similar.

 

HTH,

Lucian

[wegnerk]

Hi lucian,

 

thanks a lot for your answer... problem solved after a bit of trial and error ;)

 

i needed a bit time to find out what 'frame' is in german :whistle:

 

regards

Post edited by: wegnerk, at: 2006/08/30 13:47