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| Re: CSS - Cascading Style Sheets [message #33641 is a reply to message #33194] |
Tue, 03 May 2005 21:00   |
 Paul Rogers
Messages: 152
Registered: July 2009 |
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Wins,
You have just discovered the need for one of the features proposed for the
next version of BIRT: libraries. In BIRT 1.0, designs are self-contained.
The idea in a later version is that BIRT elements can be moved into a
shareable library. The ROM specs describe this concept in detail. The idea
is that styles will also be shareable. With libraries, you can update
styles, headers and other "boilerplate" once and have it used by many
reports.
For now, you can use a home-grown solution that uses your favorite scripting
tool to update your design XML files. I don't have an example handy, but
perhaps someone could create a little utility that does this. The design
files are XML, so you can use an XML or text-based tool to make the required
updates.
- Paul
Paul Rogers
BIRT PMC
"wins" <winstonguadiz@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ef8d56340a0499c024ca46b490556b71$1@www.eclipse.org...
> Hi,
>
> say i have 10 or 50 reports whose headers are exactly the same, assume in
> the header contains the company name, logo & etc... how can i change the
> company name, font size or style for example in 1 go and make the changes
> applied to all my reports...how to use the CSS in detail...
>
>
> thanks,
> wins
>
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| Re: CSS - Cascading Style Sheets [message #33913 is a reply to message #33641] |
Wed, 04 May 2005 02:41 |
Wins
Messages: 70
Registered: July 2009 |
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Hi Paul,
thanks for the info. i'll try to find out on how to update my design XML
files for i'm really new to java and to all its stuff....you mean the
libraries will be available on BIRT 2.0 by December this year?...is it ok
to make our reports now using BIRT 1.0 and then wait for the release 2.0
to apply the libraries feature?
thanks,
wins
Paul Rogers wrote:
> Wins,
> You have just discovered the need for one of the features proposed for the
> next version of BIRT: libraries. In BIRT 1.0, designs are self-contained.
> The idea in a later version is that BIRT elements can be moved into a
> shareable library. The ROM specs describe this concept in detail. The idea
> is that styles will also be shareable. With libraries, you can update
> styles, headers and other "boilerplate" once and have it used by many
> reports.
> For now, you can use a home-grown solution that uses your favorite scripting
> tool to update your design XML files. I don't have an example handy, but
> perhaps someone could create a little utility that does this. The design
> files are XML, so you can use an XML or text-based tool to make the required
> updates.
> - Paul
> Paul Rogers
> BIRT PMC
> "wins" <winstonguadiz@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ef8d56340a0499c024ca46b490556b71$1@www.eclipse.org...
>> Hi,
>>
>> say i have 10 or 50 reports whose headers are exactly the same, assume in
>> the header contains the company name, logo & etc... how can i change the
>> company name, font size or style for example in 1 go and make the changes
>> applied to all my reports...how to use the CSS in detail...
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>> wins
>>
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| Re: CSS - Cascading Style Sheets [message #33931 is a reply to message #33913] |
Wed, 04 May 2005 03:16 |
Paul Rogers
Messages: 152
Registered: July 2009 |
Senior Member |
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Wins,
Libraries are on the candidate list for 2.0, and December is the working
target. Won't know actual feature set until we get community input, and
won't know the final date until we see the feature list -- you know how
software planning goes...
Designs created with 1.0 will be fully compatibile with 2.0. You will be
able to convert 1.0 designs to use libraries when they become available. So,
you can have "reuse" by copy & paste in R1, then "true reuse" with libraries
when they become available.
- Paul
Paul Rogers
BIRT PMC
"wins" <winstonguadiz@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:32acba55e50e924361bbfdf2912d0fd6$1@www.eclipse.org...
> Hi Paul,
>
> thanks for the info. i'll try to find out on how to update my design XML
> files for i'm really new to java and to all its stuff....you mean the
> libraries will be available on BIRT 2.0 by December this year?...is it ok
> to make our reports now using BIRT 1.0 and then wait for the release 2.0
> to apply the libraries feature?
>
> thanks,
> wins
>
> Paul Rogers wrote:
>
>> Wins,
>
>> You have just discovered the need for one of the features proposed for
>> the next version of BIRT: libraries. In BIRT 1.0, designs are
>> self-contained. The idea in a later version is that BIRT elements can be
>> moved into a shareable library. The ROM specs describe this concept in
>> detail. The idea is that styles will also be shareable. With libraries,
>> you can update styles, headers and other "boilerplate" once and have it
>> used by many reports.
>
>> For now, you can use a home-grown solution that uses your favorite
>> scripting tool to update your design XML files. I don't have an example
>> handy, but perhaps someone could create a little utility that does this.
>> The design files are XML, so you can use an XML or text-based tool to
>> make the required updates.
>
>> - Paul
>
>> Paul Rogers
>> BIRT PMC
>
>> "wins" <winstonguadiz@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:ef8d56340a0499c024ca46b490556b71$1@www.eclipse.org...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> say i have 10 or 50 reports whose headers are exactly the same, assume
>>> in the header contains the company name, logo & etc... how can i change
>>> the company name, font size or style for example in 1 go and make the
>>> changes applied to all my reports...how to use the CSS in detail...
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> wins
>>>
>
>
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| Re: CSS - Cascading Style Sheets [message #33954 is a reply to message #33931] |
Wed, 04 May 2005 04:16 |
Wins
Messages: 70
Registered: July 2009 |
Member |
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Hi Paul,
i really need help on how to update design XML files using scripting, w/c
part of XML file i need to update..how changes can be applied to all the
reports in order to simulate the library/ies features..can anyone help me
w/ this...
thanks,
wins
but perhaps someone could create a little utility that does this.
>>> The design files are XML, so you can use an XML or text-based tool to
>>> make the required updates
Paul Rogers wrote:
>>
>> Paul Rogers wrote:
>>
>>> Wins,
>>
>>> You have just discovered the need for one of the features proposed for
>>> the next version of BIRT: libraries. In BIRT 1.0, designs are
>>> self-contained. The idea in a later version is that BIRT elements can be
>>> moved into a shareable library. The ROM specs describe this concept in
>>> detail. The idea is that styles will also be shareable. With libraries,
>>> you can update styles, headers and other "boilerplate" once and have it
>>> used by many reports.
>>
>>> For now, you can use a home-grown solution that uses your favorite
>>> scripting tool to update your design XML files. I don't have an example
>>> handy, but perhaps someone could create a little utility that does this.
>>> The design files are XML, so you can use an XML or text-based tool to
>>> make the required updates.
>>
>>> - Paul
>>
>>> Paul Rogers
>>> BIRT PMC
>>
>>> "wins" <winstonguadiz@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ef8d56340a0499c024ca46b490556b71$1@www.eclipse.org...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> say i have 10 or 50 reports whose headers are exactly the same, assume
>>>> in the header contains the company name, logo & etc... how can i change
>>>> the company name, font size or style for example in 1 go and make the
>>>> changes applied to all my reports...how to use the CSS in detail...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> wins
>>>>
>>
>>
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