bold in a part of a field

[2005 IR Help]

By: daniel - daniel_tche

bold in a part of a field

2004-04-30 10:57

I have a string field and I would like to have a part of this string in bold. Problem is: the bold part is in a variable position. What could I do !?

Thanks in advance.

[migueldealmeida]

I have the same doubt. Did you manage to know the answer?

[mdrg]

Set the text field markup to "styled" and use <style isBold="true"></style> around the text you wish to be bold.

Where to put this tag is up to you, according to your requirements and needs. You probably can do it easily with String manipulation methods, as long as you can locate the text you want to be bold. I suggest you do this on a Scriptet, so you can use all of Java String manipulation methods and classes.

Post Edited by mdrg at 04/15/2011 11:51

[migueldealmeida]

mdrg, thanks in advance for your reply.

I'm not sure if I understand it entirely. Should it work if one puts the tag in the expression? I'm not sure how to fit it there, could you help from this example:

expression:

<style isBold="true">"WWUID: "</style> + $F{worldwideUID.wwuid}

 

With that iReport says there is a parsing error in "<", so it's probably not like this...

 

[patobarrientos]

Daniel & Oscar ... this is how to put it in the Text Field Expression:

"<style isBold=\"true\">"+$F{FieldName}+"</style>"

 

check the \ (backslash) before any "(quote) when setting the value to true, because the whole line should be a String.

I hope it works now.
Regards

[patobarrientos]

I think that for your case is:

"<style isBold="true">"+WWUID: +"</style>" + $F{worldwideUID.wwuid}

Post Edited by patobarrientos at 04/15/2011 13:47

[migueldealmeida]

Many thanks patobarrientos. That's it!

 

However, the style is only applied in pdf and word/writer, not in spreadsheet.

[patobarrientos]

I checked it working on Excel and it works good.

I'm printing from a Java code using JRXlsExporter class.