$ before printing price value

[rbojja]

HI,

I am printing total amount in my pdf.I want to print a $ before the total amount.

 

Now it is printing as total 1234.It should print as

$1234.

 

1234 is the value being fetched from DB.

 

$F{total_amt} is the field expression i am using.How to assign $ before the total amount.

 

Thanks

[lshannon]

In the text field expression you can do something like this:

 

"$" + $F{total_amt}

 

Make sure the class of the text field is a String after doing this.

 

Also when using iReport, in the textfield properties, click the text field tab and then the create button next to the Pattern drop down. You will see a Currency pattern. Try playing with this as well.

 

I hope this helps.