Text in columns ?

Pico

Hi,

How could get text in columns like in MSWORD ?

thanks a lot.

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mwilliams

Hi Pico,

Can you explain this a little more?

Pico

Hi Michael,

I want that text give me like a parameter appears in 2 columns, like in the newspaper. Written left to right and up to down of the first column and continue in second column.

Thanks.

mwilliams

Pico, 
 
The target milestone for a feature like this is BIRT 2.6. 
 
<a class='bbc_url' href='https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=133218'>https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=133218</a> 
 
You can create the same with a grid, multiple tables, and filters. See this post from the devShare: 
 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.org/devshare/designing-birt-reports/510-sample-birt-parallel-sections-example/#description'>Sample BIRT Parallel Sections Example - Designs & Code - BIRT Exchange</a> 
 
Let me know if you have questions.

Pico

Thanks Michael,

Using grid and tables get something similar if we have a repetitive structure...but if we have only dynamic text, it could be possible ? How i could divide or filter the text of a parameter to make this effect ? Do you know if Birt 2.6 have target date ?

Thanks.

mwilliams

Pico,

I don't know a target date for 2.6 yet. 2.5.1 was just released recently. One thing you may be able to do is use substrings or something on your text to split it between columns if it's one long text.