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Change number of columns in PDF list report [message #4078]

Thu, 27 February 2014 22:45

haider.faraz
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Registered: July 2013

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That works, thankyou.

There is another issue I am trying to work around and I would be greatful for your help. The issue is as follows:
I have a report where the number of columns may vary from one instance of the report to another. The only work around I can think of within the framework was to use the '_cm_output_multi' function and to define in the report structure file a number of zones such as multiK, multiK+1,...multiN where K is the minimum number of columns and N is the maximum number of possible columns.

In the function I will always know the number of columns to output and so having determined that I would output the data as an array/resultset only in the multiK+X zone.

I attempted to use the 'ignore_if_empty' flag in the style for all my zones with data only in the multiK+X zone. I had expected that this would lead the other zones not to appear and that using this method I could resolve the issue of a dynamic number of columns for my report.

However, the 'ignore_if_empty' flag did not work as I expected. Is this a bug? Or if not is there another workaround?

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Re: Change number of columns in PDF list report [message #4079 is a reply to message #4078]

Fri, 28 February 2014 04:48

AJM
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Registered: April 2006
Location: Surrey, UK

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The 'ignore_if_empty' option is only designed to be used in the DETAIL view or TITLE contents.

I haven't tried it, but you may be able to edit the contents of the report structure file after it has been loaded (but before it is used) which exists in $object->report_structure.

Alternatively you may set $object->report_structure to null and set $GLOBALS['report'] to the name of an alternative report structure file.

Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org

[Updated on: Fri, 28 February 2014 06:40]

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Re: Change number of columns in PDF list report [message #4080 is a reply to message #4079]

Fri, 28 February 2014 06:01

haider.faraz
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Registered: July 2013

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thank you, this works!!

[Updated on: Fri, 28 February 2014 06:40] by Moderator

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Re: Change number of columns in PDF list report [message #4081 is a reply to message #4080]

Fri, 28 February 2014 06:18

haider.faraz
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Registered: July 2013

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I am using the following function to change the column count at run time:

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    function _cm_pre_output($filename)
    {
    	array_pop($this->report_structure['multi1']['fields'][0]);
        return $filename;
    } // _cm_pre_output

One can then have a single report structure file with N number of columns defined in it and call the function:

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array_pop($this->report_structure['multi1']['fields'][0]);

Y times such that N-Y = K.

[Updated on: Fri, 28 February 2014 06:40] by Moderator

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Re: Change number of columns in PDF list report [message #4082 is a reply to message #4081]

Fri, 28 February 2014 06:37

AJM
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Registered: April 2006
Location: Surrey, UK

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Glad you got it working.

Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org

[Updated on: Fri, 28 February 2014 06:41]

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Re: Change number of columns in PDF list report [message #4084 is a reply to message #4082]

Sun, 02 March 2014 19:32

haider.faraz
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Registered: July 2013

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I am stumbling on another issue in my report and I wonder if this one is possible:

I need to create a report with multiple cells per line, such that the first three cells fill the entire height of the line, but the cells that follow are made up of 3 vertically stacked sub-cells within a cell.

In HTML this can be achieved using the rowspan attribute. Is there a way to achieve the same effect within the radicore framework?

[Updated on: Sun, 02 March 2014 23:40]

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Re: Change number of columns in PDF list report [message #4085 is a reply to message #4084]

Mon, 03 March 2014 00:43

haider.faraz
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Registered: July 2013

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I found an answer to this question in an earlier post: http://www.radicore.org/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=418& ;start=0&S=f388f2da9cc4f71e0cc8d81630f25980

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