aligning static text with stretching text fields.

[fusion27]

You guys, I'm brand new to Java, Jasper, and iReport. Please pardon my misuse of terminology.

 

Here's an attachment I couldn't attach because it's too big.

 

https://www.uakron.edu/casey/iReportPost-001.gif

 

That really lays it out right there. We are showing job opportunities on this report for the University. We're working from a MySQL database. The "Duties," "Qualifications," and "Comments" are coming out of MySQL as BLOB data types. It could be a sentence or a novella. I’ve figured out how to make the text fields stretch with overflow. What I can’t figure out is how to make the "label" associated with that text field move down while remaining vertically aligned to it’s respective dynamic text field. Take a look at the attachment, I hope that makes sense.

[kchaudhry]

You can try a couple of things.

 

1. Concatenate the "Qualifications" label with the actual field by using an expression like this

Code:

"Qualifications: "+$F{YourQualificationField}

2. Right click on this and any fields under it and go to

Properties > Common > Position Type and change this to "Float".

This should take care of your overlapping issue.

 

Hope this helps!

[fusion27]

Very helpful thank you. I'm almost there!

 

Code:

"DEADLINE DATE:  "+$F{DEADLINE DATE}

 

Is iReport trying to convert the string in to a date data type? How to proceed?

[kchaudhry]

Try converting the $F{DEADLINE DATE} to a string in the query and then concatenate them.