PI52141: RUNNING BIRT REPORT DESIGN ON CLOSED DIAGRAM RESULTS IN DIAGRAM ELEMENTS' "FILL COLOR" BECOMING COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In IBM Rational Software Architect (RSA), if you run a BIRT
  report template on a closed diagram, the diagram elements' "Fill
  Color" will become transparent.
  
  The following steps reproduce the problem:
  
  1. Create a UML project & model
  
  2. Add a diagram to the model and add a component to the diagram
  whose Properties > Appearance > Fill Color and Transparency are
  "White" and "0%", respectively.  Note that this diagram element
  will appear light blue on the diagram.
  
  3. Create a BIRT report design that will generate a report for
  the diagram in the model
  
  4. Open the diagram
  
  5. Run (or preview) the BIRT report design with the diagram open
  
  RESULT: The component appears with the same light blue color as
  on the diagram, as expected.
  
  6. Close the diagram
  
  7. Run (or preview) the BIRT report design with the diagram now
  closed
  
  Expected Result: The component in the report appears as it does
  after Step 5
  
  Actual Result: The component now appears white, which is
  different from the open diagram and not the expected result
  
  8. Reopen the diagram and note that the diagram element's color
  has not changed
  
  9. Go to Window > Preferences > Modeling > Appearance and note
  that that "Gradient in text compartment" is set to "Default
  gradient"
  
  10. Set the "Gradient in text compartment" to "No gradient",
  click Apply & OK, and note that the component on the diagram now
  appears white, rather than light blue as in Step 2
  
  11. Run (or preview) the BIRT report design with the diagram
  open
  
  RESULT: The component in the report now appears as it does after
  Step 7, when the diagram was closed and the "Default gradient"
  was used.
  
  When the diagram is closed and the "Default gradient" is
  applied, it is as if BIRT "removes" the gradient from the
  diagram element.
  
  12. Go to the Window > Preferences > Modeling > Appearance and
  set the "Gradient in text compartment" back to the "Default
  gradient", where it was initially
  
  13. Return to the diagram and change the component's Fill Color
  from "White" ("255,255,255" in the Properties > Advanced > Fill
  Color) to, for example, "Blue" ("170,206,242" in the Properties
  > Advanced > Fill Color) and save the changes
  
  14. Close the diagram, so that the conditions are now the same
  as in Step 7, except that component's Fill Color is now
  different
  
  15. Run (or preview) the BIRT report
  
  RESULT: Unlike the result after Step 7, closing the diagram here
  results in a component color that is the same as on the diagram,
  which is the expected result.
  

Local fix

• -->Keep the diagram open when running the BIRT report design
  OR
  -->Set the diagram element's "Fill Color" to another color
  besides "White", while keeping the "Default gradient"
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Gradient value for rendering Classifier edit parts (e.g.     *
  * Class, Component, etc) was picked up from the Preferences    *
  * (either default or custom setting by users) and in Birt      *
  * reporting of diagrams case, the preference was not picked up *
  * correctly and hence gradient was always ignored until it is  *
  * specifically set.                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Gradient value for rendering Classifier edit parts (e.g. Class,
  Component, etc) was picked up from the Preferences (either
  default or custom setting by users) and in Birt reporting of
  diagrams case, the preference was not picked up correctly and
  hence gradient was always ignored until it is specifically set.
  This is fixed now withe correct preferences are read in the case
  of Birt reporting of diagrams.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL SW ARCHITE

• Fixed component ID

  5725A3000

Applicable component levels

• R910 PSY

     UP

• R911 PSY

     UP

• R912 PSY

     UP

• R950 PSY

     UP