Using rptdocument to generate some reports problems.

xpaterna

Hi!

I'm generating reports with the Report Engine API 3.7.2 and I have the nexts problems:

My idea is generating a rptdocument with the Run task and then generate 1 html and 2 pdf reports with the Render task using that rptdocument.

I have 2 themes in a rptlibrary, one for the html and the other one for pdf.

The first problem (or the first question) is: can I change the report theme in beforeRender script of the report? I tried it but I get some errors because it cannot find the library, so, I have to re-Run the report (and generate another rptdocument) only for change the theme?

The second problem is similar. I have a table in the report, and in the first column I have images. In one of the pdf reports I want to display this column and in the other one I want to hide.
I tried to put a report parameter and use it in the "Visibility" tab of the first column, but I think in the RenderTask the report can't access to the report parameters, am I wrong with this? I have to re-Run the report only for change the visibility of one column?

Thank you very much for your time, and I'm sorry for my english.

johnw

Its easier to do it in the initialize or beforeFactory, then use reportContext.getOutputFormat() to get the output format, then change the design to whatever theme.

So a initialize script would look something like:
if (reportContext.getOutputFormat() == "PDF")
{
reportContext.getDesignHandle().setThemeName("PDf_THEME");
}
else
{
reportContext.getDesignHandle().setThemeName("HTML_THEME");
}