Customized pageNumber

I tried to customize the pageNumber in my pdf-report in a way that it starts with a given number on the first page instead of 1.

This works with the example-data of Birt with this code:

<method name="beforeFactory"><![CDATA[importPackage(Packages.java.lang);
reportContext.setPersistentGlobalVariable("pgstr", new Integer(params["page"].value));
]]></method>

and in a cell of the page-header:

<text id="31">
<method name="onRender"><![CDATA[newpagestr = parseInt(reportContext.getPersistentGlobalVariable("pgstr"))+pageNumber-1;
this.text = " Page Number: " + newpagestr;
]]></method>
<property name="contentType">auto</property>
</text>

But as soon as I try exactly the same in a report with my own data, I have the same number on every page.

Has somebody an idea about the reason?

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JasonW

Are you using the viewer to test this? If so verify that in both cases you are using the /frameset mapping.

Jason

Connae

I tested it in my application. I tested it in my application. It seems the problem is in the way I fill in the data:

<property name="dataSource">Data Source</property>
<method name="open"><![CDATA[if(pferde!=null){
pferdIter = pferde.iterator();
}]]></method>
<method name="fetch"><![CDATA[if (!pferdIter.hasNext()) {
return false;
}

pferd = pferdIter.next();

// init default values
dataSetRow["halsbrand"] = null;
dataSetRow["hufNr"] = null;
dataSetRow["geschlecht"] = null;
dataSetRow["farbe"] = null;
dataSetRow["abstammung"] = null;
dataSetRow["verkaeufer"] = "";
dataSetRow["zuechter"] = "";
dataSetRow["hohe"] = null;
dataSetRow["halsbrand"] = pferd.getHalsbrand();
dataSetRow["hufNr"] = pferd.getHufNrRe() + "." + pferd.getHufNrLi() ;
dataSetRow["geschlecht"] = pferd.getBoGeschlecht()!=null?pferd.getBoGeschlecht().getGeschlecht():"";
dataSetRow["farbe"] = pferd.getBoFarbe()!=null?pferd.getBoFarbe().getFarbe():"";
dataSetRow["abstammung"] = pferd.getAbstammung();
if(pferd.getVerkaeufer()!= null){
dataSetRow["verkaeufer"] = pferd.getVerkaeufer().getName() + " " + pferd.getVerkaeufer().getVorname() + ", " +pferd.getVerkaeufer().getPlz()+ " " + pferd.getVerkaeufer().getOrt();
}

if(pferd.getZuechter()!= null){
dataSetRow["zuechter"] = pferd.getZuechter().getName() + " " + pferd.getZuechter().getVorname() + ", " +pferd.getZuechter().getPlz()+ " " + pferd.getZuechter().getOrt();
}
dataSetRow["hohe"] = pferd.getHoehe();
dataSetRow["geburtsdatum"] = pferd.getGeburtstag();

Maybe like this Birt renders the report in another way or at another time? Do I really have to change the datasource?

JasonW

The code you have should not matter what the datasource is. If you are using the apis, first do a run task and then a render task, not a runandrender task.

Jason

Connae

Thanks Jason, but I gave it up now.
I changed my datasource but this was not the problem. It work as long as I used only one "row per row", that meens, no data below another data in one cell. But as I need 4, birt increases my pagenumber only every 4th page. The first 4 pages have the number 11, the next for have number 12 aso... It seems that it allways worked like this but I didn't realize as I never had more than 3 pages.

JasonW

How were you running the reports? Using the APIs or the Viewer?

Connae

Tried both, doesn't mather...