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As of BIRT 2.1 page sequences as described in the Page Setup Specification document are still not supported. There seems to be no way to use a different master page for the title page, when the Report body is just a simple list of records. In this case the multiple master page support is not applicable, because there is no element which can switch to another master page on from the second page of the report. Please add support for page sequences to support the simple case of using one Master Page for the Title and some othe Master Page for following pages.
On the title page, do you want to show the report title only, or you want to show the title AND some rows in the simple list of records? Do you have grouping on row no so that in HTML the simple listing will have page breaks?
(In reply to comment #1) > On the title page, do you want to show the report title only, or you want to > show the title AND some rows in the simple list of records? > The title page shall contain rows of the simple list of records AND the some fields which shall be displayed below this records (in the footer section). > Do you have grouping on row no so that in HTML the simple listing will have > page breaks? > No, I have no grouping enabled at the moment.
I found a workaround for my problem by using a global variable and changing the value in the onPageBreak Event of the record list table. Report has two master pages "Title" and "Body", default for record list is "Title" ReportDesign initialize ======================= reportContext.setGlobalVariable("TitlePage","true"); Table onPageBreak ================= reportContext.setGlobalVariable("TitlePage","false"); Table->Detail->Row onCreate ========================= if (reportContext.getGlobalVariable("TitlePage").equals("false")) { this.getStyle().masterPage = "Body"; } But this will introduce some overhead, since the check has to be done for every row in the onCreate event. As long as there is no page sequence implemented (adjusting the Page Setup Spec would be fine), maybe this can be documented for the Title Page use case? Cheers Stefan
I am thinking a solution that 1) create a group on the row_no with N # of rows 2) set page break on this group as always except first group. 3) in the onpageBreak() script for this group this.getStyle().masterPage = "Body";
(In reply to comment #4) > I am thinking a solution that > 3) in the onpageBreak() script for this group > this.getStyle().masterPage = "Body"; Setting the masterPage property during onpageBreak() has no effect, at least for the PDF Emitter in Build N20060808. My findings are, that it works in onCreate() only.
+1 to support two usages in onPageBreak() scripting: (1) switch to a different pre-defined master page (2) change the contect/properties of a pre-defined master page.
add plan key word.
Since there was no activity quite a long time and originally the target once was 2.1 - any news regarding this request? Cheers Stefan
wei, please consider this usage when you work on the page model enhancement project.
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defer to 2.5.2 for resource issue.
No sure what is done on this request, however I'm also interested in a solution to have a different Masterpage on odd and even pages. For example, Invoice document (duplex) I would like to have on the first page the Header, details and footer. On the second page a complete text page of Terms & Conditions. This will be the back page of a duplex page. So Invoice data on the front and T&C's on the back. If the Invoice has more lines than will fit on the first page, a third page with remaining details and footer should be printed, followed by a fourth page with the T&C's again. Not sure if this can be done in a different way then specifying a different masterpage per page. Looking forward to a possible solution. Regards,,,,
schedule to 2.6 to allow more time to work on this enhancement.
http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/ref/ROM_Page_Setup_SPEC.pdf
*** Bug 292387 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
