Bug 212132 - using autotext in expressions
Summary: using autotext in expressions
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: z_Archived
Classification: Eclipse Foundation
Component: BIRT (show other bugs)
Version: 2.2.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: Future   Edit
Assignee: Gary Xue CLA
QA Contact: Xiaodan Wang CLA
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Keywords: plan
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Reported: 2007-12-06 06:08 EST by gernot CLA
Modified: 2008-12-22 14:12 EST (History)
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Description gernot CLA 2007-12-06 06:08:08 EST 
There's no way to use autotext in expressions.
e.g. for adding some offset to pageNumber or to use autotext values within a text field ("value of").

Please consider allowing the use of autotext in expressions.
Comment 1 Gary Xue CLA 2007-12-16 02:56:35 EST 
This is a good enhancement to have to improve the usability of Autotext.
Comment 2 Wei Yan CLA 2008-05-28 22:31:34 EDT 
defer to next major milestone. We need resolve most of the page-break/page-number/page-script issues together.
Comment 3 Gary Xue CLA 2008-12-22 14:12:39 EST 
To support general reference to Autotext content (e.g. page numbers) in expressions will not be in scope for 2.5. This will require that generation-time expression have access to rendering-time content.

For performance considerations we will keep any rendering-time information in the Autotext report item. Please update this Bugzilla with the type of report you will like to create that you cannot currently do, so we can propose enhancements to the Autotext item to address the use case.