Placing new items to the report

kosta

Hello BIRT community,<br />
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I know how to add items to the rptdesign on runtime but adding them on the right place in the report is something that I want to know.<br />
In some code examples I saw something like<br />
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>designHandle.getBody( ).add( table);</pre>
where "table" is a table object. The add function can be also invoked with second parameter as position.<br />
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But how do I get the position of the current elements.<br />
Can I iterate or get as list the position of the current elements? <br />
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For Example I have 4 grids and the new element should be placed before the last one means between the third and fourth. <br />
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Thanks in advance.

johnw

Yes, you can iterate over the containers. You can also do a findElement("elementName") to get your container element, and do an add once found. But it must be a container object (Grid, Table, Cell, etc etc) and there will be a little care as what type of objects you can add as children.