Split text field dynamically into two columns

[haupjo]

Hi All,

 

I wanna create a report with two columns (Columns = 2) which just contains one text field. As the content of this text field is of variable length, the text should dynamically be allocated to the two columns, dependent on the size of the content. Using iReport Designer 4.7.1.

 

Eg.: text field content: "I'm new in this community and looking forward for answers solving my little problem. I'm very thankfull for all helpfull replies!"

 

This should in the end look like this:

I'm new in this community and looking	little problem. I'm very thankfull for all
forward for answers solving my	helpfull replies!

 

I already tried combinations of Print order "Vertical/Horizontal" (Report properties),  Position Type, Stretch Type, Stretch with Overflow (Text Field properties), however all I can get is just the text field being displayed in the first column only (truncated when stretching is not specified or print order is horizontal and the hight of the detail band is not big enough) like this:

I'm new in this community and looking

forward for answers solving my

little problem. I'm very thankfull for all

helpfull replies!

 

XML Code (without start tag):

 

detail>

band height="55" splitType="Stretch">

textField isStretchWithOverflow="true">

reportElement uuid="bbcadfb5-656e-4d24-a0a7" positionType="Float" x="0" y="0" width="273" height="20" isPrintWhenDetailOverflows="true"/>

textElement/>

textFieldExpression> ![CDATA[$F{field}]]> /textFieldExpression>

/textField>

/band>

/detail>

 

 

Thanks for your help! If you need more information from my side, please let me know.

Jo