report output in a "grid"

[2001 JI Open Discussion]

By: N Custer - ncuster3

report output in a "grid"

2002-12-03 12:17

Is there a way to have a report generate a "grid" appearance (each bit of data going in a cell)? The only way I could think of was to make a rectangle as a background essentially, make it 10x10 say, with black background. Then, make a smaller rectangle 9x9 say, with white background and put text in that rectangle. That would essentially make a 1x1 border around the cell. Any easier way? What I'm striving for can be seen on the tips&tricks page in the dynamic formatting example (forget the color coded stuff, i just want the html-like table look).

 

thanks,

Nathan

 

 

By: Teodor Danciu - teodord

RE: report output in a "grid"

2002-12-07 02:29

 

Hi,

 

You have to create the grid yourself, because text

elements do not have a border.

You could create a rectangle for each text element,

with the same position and size, put them both in

an element group of their own and use stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" and iPrintWhenDetailOverflows="true" for the rectangle.

 

I hope this helps.

Teodor

 

 

 

By: N Custer - ncuster3

RE: report output in a "grid"

2002-12-09 10:49

Thanks for the help, I'll give that a go.