URGENT::fixed length fields possible?

[hprasanna84]

Hi,

 

im trying to create a flat file(.txt) using ireport.

The requirement is like this:

 

there are some hardcoded strings along with fields populated by sql. I need to have fixed length fields.

For eg:

 

"<hardcoded string>" $F{field} "<string>" <string3">

 

i need to control the length of the string and pad to the right with spaces(which i do with scriptlets) to ensure tht the formatting is proper..

 

is there a way to define a structure where i can specify a set of cells and the max length of each cell???(this is diff from a table.this is more like a multidimensional array).