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Truncate URL text but keep the hyperlink

cvh

Hello all. I'm very much a BIRT novice. 
 
I'm using the following code in the 'onRender' section of the script page to set the hyperlink in a column of my report: 
 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
var myaction = this.createAction();
myaction.setHyperlink(this.getValue(),"_blank");
this.action = myaction;</pre>
 
This works nicely. 
 
However, I'd like to truncate the text representation of the URL when its exceeds a given character count, and yet retain the hyperlink itself. 
 
Can anyone give me a pointer how to do it, please?

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cvh

[bump]

mwilliams

Sorry for the delayed response. Try something like this: 
 
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var myaction = this.createAction();
myaction.setHyperlink(this.getValue(),"_blank");
this.action = myaction;
this.setDisplayValue(this.getValue().substr(0,20))
</pre>

cvh

Thanks so much, that works just fine!

mwilliams

Great! Let us know whenever you have questions!