Create a Cover Page Using Birt Report Design

How to Create a Cover page for the pdf report? I am using standard template for my report, where i am unable to make changes in existing Master Page. Is there any way, i can hide master header/footer information and create my own cover page instead?

I have to display 1st cover Page and other information on next page.

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mwilliams

You can create a new masterpage by going to the outline and right clicking on the masterpages section and choosing "insert element". To get this page to show, you need to apply it to a report element in your design that has its own page or is the first element in the report. You can find the maseterpage setting for an element in the property editor under the page break section. To get your normal masterpage for all other data, you just need to force a page break after your coverpage elements and set the first element following them's masterpage to your normal one. Hope this helps.

Bhumi U.

Thanks for your information Michael. Can you please provide appropriate example for it? It would be really helpful.

Thanks,
Bhumi

mwilliams

Take a look at this design. It has two masterpages. One masterpage is for the cover page. It has a grid in the header that gets its data from one dataSet. I used an array to show how since you told me you'd be using multiple rows of data and you can't iterate through a dataSet in the MP header. The other is just a plain MP for the body of the report. In the layout, there is a grid that is sized to make the cover page elements end up in the middle of the page. The grid is tied to the cover page masterpage. There is a page break after set to always, so the body table can have the body masterpage selected for it. Let me know if you have questions.

Bhumi U.

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Take a look at this design. It has two masterpages. One masterpage is for the cover page. It has a grid in the header that gets its data from one dataSet. I used an array to show how since you told me you'd be using multiple rows of data and you can't iterate through a dataSet in the MP header. The other is just a plain MP for the body of the report. In the layout, there is a grid that is sized to make the cover page elements end up in the middle of the page. The grid is tied to the cover page masterpage. There is a page break after set to always, so the body table can have the body masterpage selected for it. Let me know if you have questions.<br /></p></blockquote>
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Thank you so much for your help, I will try it out and update you on that.

mwilliams

Sounds good. Let me know.