Newline in text fields

[2004 IR Help]

By: rvm11 - rvm11

Newline in text fields

2005-11-03 10:29

Hi,

how do I use one textfield, but split the data of that field into multiple lines. For example, I have an address textfield which contains the concatenation of address1, address2, city, province, postalcode etc.

I would like to make this field place the various address pieces on separate lines.

I have tried placing a 'n' character in the data, but that character gets displayed, and the data does not get separated.

Thanks in advance

 

 

 

 

By: dhydrated - dhydrated

RE: Newline in text fields

2005-11-06 17:53

By using "n", it should print in a new line. Below is my sample of textFieldExpression, where I concatenate 4 fields with "n" in between.

 

<textFieldExpression class = "java.lang.String">

<![CDATA[$F{CUST_MAIL_ADDR_1} + "n" +

$F{CUST_MAIL_ADDR_2} + "n" +

$F{CUST_MAIL_ADDR_3} + "n" +

$F{CUST_MAIL_ADDR_4}]]>

</textFieldExpression>

 

It printed four new lines of addresses.

[mikemaze]

Hi All,

this looks really simple, but using the same mechanism, it doesn't work for me. I'm using iReport 1.3.0

Anyone know how to concatenate two fields with a newline-carriagereturn-linefeed between the two fields?

 

Regards

 

Mike

Post edited by: mikemaze, at: 2007/02/13 01:21