CSV emitter doesn't export any contents from report design grid cells

rpfong

G'day, all. I'm using the CSV emitter from Virgil Dodson. I built the plugin and ran it successfully in Birt 2.5. (<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.org/blog/2008-10-07/using-the-csv-emitter-with-birt-230/'>Using the CSV emitter with BIRT 2.3.0 » Blog - BIRT Exchange</a>)<br />
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I discovered that the emitter can export my table only when it isn't contained by a grid container. When it is inside of a grid cell, only empty data is emitted. I also saw that every cell in the grid is represented by empty data and the corresponding number of commas appear.<br />
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Is this a known issue with the emitter? Are there any workarounds? Thanks!

Virgil Dodson

Hi Ryan, I blogged about using the emitter, but I did not create it... That blog post (<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.org/blog/?p=82'>Using the CSV emitter with BIRT 2.3.0 » Blog - BIRT Exchange</a>) has a link to the source code for that project so maybe it can be written to allow for the table to reside within a container...<br />
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One workaround you might try is to assign your binding to the grid level...and then have the table consume the data from the grid container. Just a long shot.