In Eclipse BIRT Report Design, how to insert shapes like line, circle

AbhayNew

Hi,<br />
I am new to Eclipse BIRT reports.<br />
My requirement is that in final report need lot of shapes like lines, circle. <br />
Can someone please help me- how I can do it.<br />
<span class='bbc_underline'>(Basically, the same drawing toolbar functionality as provided by MS-Word, Powerpoint etc.)</span><br />
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The only option I was able to find out is create all of such shapes as images and insert in report. <br />
Any help/ pointer will be appreciated.

Tubal

There is no real draw functionality in BIRT.

You can add rectangles, squares and lines by adding borders to tables or grids.

As far as shapes, you would need to create an image file, and embed the image into your grid or table.

Technically, since your report is basically just an HTML file, another option would be to import a google shape drawing class like canvasplus, and add them via javascript. It would probably be easier to just create the image files though.