Troubleshooting
Problem
Fields in BIRT reports do not wrap if there are no spaces to break on.
Cause
There is an issue in BIRT 3.7.1 & 4.2.1 where report text fields will fail to wrap if there are no spaces in the text to break on.
Resolving The Problem
To address this issue, you can build a function into your report that will insert a hard return into the text field every 'n' characters. Place this function in the initialise portion of your report and attach the function to the problem field.
function wraptext(textToWrap) {
var wrappedText = '';
while (textToWrap.length > 0) {
wrappedText += textToWrap.substring(0,80) + '\n';
textToWrap = textToWrap.substring(80);
}
return wrappedText;
}
| var assetParam = ''; assetParam = wraptext(params["assetnum"]) |
In this example, the text will wrap text at 80 characters.. you could adjust this by modifying the function.
[{"Product":{"code":"SSLKT6","label":"IBM Maximo Asset Management"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Component":"Report Admin","Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"7.5;7.6","Edition":"Edition Independent","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB59","label":"Sustainability Software"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSLKT6","label":"IBM Maximo Asset Management"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Component":"Report Admin","Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"7.1.1;7.5;7.6","Edition":"Edition Independent","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB59","label":"Sustainability Software"}}]
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
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