Bold Static Text in a subreport HowTo

[dshof]

Hello,

Does anyone know how to Bold a Static text field in a subreport. When I check the Bold property box for the text field in the subreport it doesn't seem to recognize it when the report is printed. The subreport consists of two static text labels and two text fields populated from the arraylist. When I change the subreport to just contain the text field populated from the arraylist and I check the bold property box for that field it prints bold text. So, I do not understand what is going on. Any help would be appreciated.

[ramakrishnanr]

Sometimes when we change the property value, it doesnt get reflected in the XML file. check your xml file and see if the <statictext> element has a <textElement><font> with isBold attribute set to "true". If not, though your Designer has this set, this change isnt getting reflected in the xml.  So make the changes accordingly and this should work.

[kchaudhry]

The other reason could be that the font size is too small. Increasing the font size might solve your problem.

[dshof]

The XML document appears to have all the right elements but the Bold text is being ignored. See the attached source below.

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"  ?><!-- Created with iReport - A designer for JasperReports --><!DOCTYPE jasperReport PUBLIC "//JasperReports//DTD Report Design//EN" "http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/dtds/jasperreport.dtd"><jasperReport		 name="WorkOrder_V.1.0_subreport2"		 columnCount="1"		 printOrder="Vertical"		 orientation="Portrait"		 pageWidth="535"		 pageHeight="842"		 columnWidth="535"		 columnSpacing="0"		 leftMargin="0"		 rightMargin="0"		 topMargin="0"		 bottomMargin="0"		 whenNoDataType="NoPages"		 isTitleNewPage="false"		 isSummaryNewPage="false">	<property name="ireport.scriptlethandling" value="0" />	<property name="ireport.encoding" value="UTF-8" />	<import value="java.util.*" />	<import value="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.*" />	<import value="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.data.*" />	<field name="dotNo" class="java.lang.String"/>	<field name="dotQty" class="java.lang.String"/>		<background>			<band height="0"  isSplitAllowed="true" >			</band>		</background>		<title>			<band height="0"  isSplitAllowed="true" >			</band>		</title>		<pageHeader>			<band height="0"  isSplitAllowed="true" >			</band>		</pageHeader>		<columnHeader>			<band height="0"  isSplitAllowed="true" >			</band>		</columnHeader>		<detail>			<band height="15"  isSplitAllowed="true" >				<textField isStretchWithOverflow="false" isBlankWhenNull="false" evaluationTime="Now" hyperlinkType="None"  hyperlinkTarget="Self" >					<reportElement						x="32"						y="0"						width="80"						height="15"						key="textField-1"						isRemoveLineWhenBlank="true"/>					<box></box>					<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle">						<font isBold="false"/>					</textElement>				<textFieldExpression   class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{dotNo}]]></textFieldExpression>				</textField>				<staticText>					<reportElement						x="112"						y="0"						width="27"						height="15"						key="staticText-1"						isPrintRepeatedValues="false"						isPrintInFirstWholeBand="true"						isPrintWhenDetailOverflows="true"/>					<box></box>					<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle">						<font isBold="true"/>					</textElement>				<text><![CDATA[QTY:]]></text>				</staticText>				<textField isStretchWithOverflow="false" isBlankWhenNull="false" evaluationTime="Now" hyperlinkType="None"  hyperlinkTarget="Self" >					<reportElement						x="139"						y="0"						width="76"						height="15"						key="textField-2"						isRemoveLineWhenBlank="true"						isPrintWhenDetailOverflows="true"/>					<box></box>					<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle">						<font isBold="false"/>					</textElement>				<textFieldExpression   class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{dotQty}]]></textFieldExpression>				</textField>				<staticText>					<reportElement						mode="Opaque"						x="6"						y="0"						width="26"						height="14"						forecolor="#000000"						key="staticText-2"						isPrintRepeatedValues="false"						isPrintInFirstWholeBand="true"						isPrintWhenDetailOverflows="true"/>					<box></box>					<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle">						<font isBold="true"/>					</textElement>				<text><![CDATA[DOT:]]></text>				</staticText>			</band>		</detail>		<columnFooter>			<band height="0"  isSplitAllowed="true" >			</band>		</columnFooter>		<pageFooter>			<band height="0"  isSplitAllowed="true" >			</band>		</pageFooter>		<summary>			<band height="0"  isSplitAllowed="true" >			</band>		</summary></jasperReport>