how to add space before string

[2004 IR Help]

By: anil kumar - bondalapati

how to add space before string

2005-06-15 08:51

i have a data like this

 

Parent

 child2

  child2

   child3

 

****** here   represents space******

to dispaly data in this form, is there any solution for me. I know the number of spaces that i require at the starting of the row. i tried to keep space before string but that gets trimmed by the browser and printing all the rows at the same level. So please help me with this how i can do.

 

thanks

anil.

 

 

 

 

 

By: Horoxxx - horoxxx

RE: how to add space before string

2005-06-15 09:13

try to use groups, group by expression and also new variable with spaces

 

 

 

 

By: C-Box - c-box

RE: how to add space before string

2005-06-15 23:34

Well I got something similiar to work just when using styledText instead of simple string....

 

so you could simply try something like this:

 

<style>Parent

 Child2

  Child3

   Child4</style>

****** here   represents space****** :-)

 

So I do have an "t" within my text an I replace it with 8 spaces before I generate the StyledText.

Note that you check the "isStyledText" attribute of the textfield when using this kind of text.

 

hth

C-Box

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: Sony George - sony3002

RE: how to add space before string

2005-07-01 22:54

hello

 

i want to put a space before and after of my fields

so i created a parameter a

<parameter name="space_1" class="java.lang.String" isForPrompting="false">

<defaultValueExpression><![CDATA[" "]]></defaultValueExpression>

</parameter>

 

and made my textfield styled text

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<textField isBlankWhenNull="true">

<reportElement positionType="Float" x="0" y="0" width="92" height="20"/>

<box topBorder="None" leftBorder="1Point" bottomBorder="1Point" rightBorder="None"/>

<textElement verticalAlignment="Middle" isStyledText="true">

<font fontName="Arial" size="10"/>

</textElement>

<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$P{space_1}+$F{BOOK_NO}]]></textFieldExpression>

</textField>

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but what i get on the html page is

" &nbsp; "

ie report changes the & symbol to html & and

place it

 

i also created a variable

<variable name="space" class="java.lang.String">

<initialValueExpression><![CDATA[" "]]></initialValueExpression>

</variable>

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and also the same result i got

 

any solution for this problem ????

 

thanks

Sony George