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Carbon Copy birt with Frameset
pcosta
Hello,
I have a certain report (INVOICING) and I get this int var value the number of copies that i'm suppose to do in one print at the time.
I would like to do carbon copies in just ONE print labeling them as "Original" , "Fist copy", and so on. the Original might get more that one page off course !!
Can any of you give me any sort on inspiration to do the job...please.
I would like to avoid java approach, instead java script on the report itself, because all i'm using is the frameset servlet all the time.
Thanks ins advence
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kclark
I'm working on a javascript example for you that I've almost got working. There's around 100 lines of code so far. I'll post it when I've got it but I think it might be easier to go with java for something like this.
What I'm doing is using parameters to store which copy it is, change the "Copy n of m" label to match, generate the PDF with some JS in a temp location and then redirect the report back to itself to create the next n of m until the parameter equals the number of copies that has been provided in an HTML form.
pcosta
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'kclark'" data-cid="113788" data-time="1359668226" data-date="31 January 2013 - 02:37 PM"><p>
I'm working on a javascript example for you that I've almost got working. There's around 100 lines of code so far. I'll post it when I've got it but I think it might be easier to go with java for something like this.<br />
<br />
What I'm doing is using parameters to store which copy it is, change the "Copy n of m" label to match, generate the PDF with some JS in a temp location and then redirect the report back to itself to create the next n of m until the parameter equals the number of copies that has been provided in an HTML form.<br /></p></blockquote>
<br />
Thanks a lot i will wait<br />
Paulo
kclark
Sorry it took a little bit to get this working. I scrapped the last rptdesign I was working on because it was rerunning the dataset each time. I've attached an example for you to take a look at. I downloaded iText and added the jars to the project class path. In the first report I used a text object to ask how many carbon copies the user wants. The report then opens itself in a new window passing the amount of copies through a parameter, generated the original PDF, then I used iText to append that PDF with a "Carbon copy n of m" label at the top. This rptdesign generates a new PDF for each carbon copy, I don't know if you wanted them all in the same file. If that's the case then I believe that iText has a merge() that will allow you to merge all the PDF's into one file.<br />
<br />
Here's the script I wrote to generate the copies<br />
<br />
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
importPackage(Packages.com.itextpdf.awt);
importPackage(Packages.com.itextpdf.text.pdf);
importPackage(Packages.com.itextpdf.text);
importPackage(Packages.com.itextpdf.text.pdf.ocg);
importPackage(Packages.java.io);
if(params["dropForm"].value > 0) {
importPackage(Packages.org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api);
var re = reportContext.getReportRunnable().getReportEngine();
var mydoc = reportContext.getHttpServletRequest().getAttribute("attributeBean").getReportDocumentName();
var mydocument = re.openReportDocument(mydoc);
var options = new PDFRenderOption();
var outputfile = "c:/test/original.pdf";
options.setOutputFileName(outputfile);
options.setOutputFormat("pdf");
ntask = re.createRenderTask(mydocument);
ntask.setRenderOption(options);
ntask.render();
mydocument.close();
ntask.close();
for(i=0;i<=params["carbonNum"].value;i++) {
if(i!=0) {
var result = "c:\\test\\appended.pdf";
reader = new PdfReader("c:\\test\\original.pdf");
stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream("c:\\test\\carboncopy" + i + ".pdf"), '\0', true);
cb = stamper.getUnderContent(1);
cb.beginText();
cb.setFontAndSize(BaseFont.createFont(), 12);
cb.showTextAligned(Element.ALIGN_LEFT, "***CARBON COPY #" + i + "***", 36, 770, 0);
cb.endText();
stamper.close();
reader.close();
}
}
}
</pre>
<br />
Let me know if the works for you
pcosta
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'kclark'" data-cid="113900" data-time="1360001455" data-date="04 February 2013 - 11:10 AM"><p>
Sorry it took a little bit to get this working. I scrapped the last rptdesign I was working on because it was rerunning the dataset each time. I've attached an example for you to take a look at. I downloaded iText and added the jars to the project class path. In the first report I used a text object to ask how many carbon copies the user wants. The report then opens itself in a new window passing the amount of copies through a parameter, generated the original PDF, then I used iText to append that PDF with a "Carbon copy n of m" label at the top. This rptdesign generates a new PDF for each carbon copy, I don't know if you wanted them all in the same file. If that's the case then I believe that iText has a merge() that will allow you to merge all the PDF's into one file.<br />
<br />
Here's the script I wrote to generate the copies<br />
<br />
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
importPackage(Packages.com.itextpdf.awt);
importPackage(Packages.com.itextpdf.text.pdf);
importPackage(Packages.com.itextpdf.text);
importPackage(Packages.com.itextpdf.text.pdf.ocg);
importPackage(Packages.java.io);
if(params["dropForm"].value > 0) {
importPackage(Packages.org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api);
var re = reportContext.getReportRunnable().getReportEngine();
var mydoc = reportContext.getHttpServletRequest().getAttribute("attributeBean").getReportDocumentName();
var mydocument = re.openReportDocument(mydoc);
var options = new PDFRenderOption();
var outputfile = "c:/test/original.pdf";
options.setOutputFileName(outputfile);
options.setOutputFormat("pdf");
ntask = re.createRenderTask(mydocument);
ntask.setRenderOption(options);
ntask.render();
mydocument.close();
ntask.close();
for(i=0;i<=params["carbonNum"].value;i++) {
if(i!=0) {
var result = "c:\\test\\appended.pdf";
reader = new PdfReader("c:\\test\\original.pdf");
stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream("c:\\test\\carboncopy" + i + ".pdf"), '\0', true);
cb = stamper.getUnderContent(1);
cb.beginText();
cb.setFontAndSize(BaseFont.createFont(), 12);
cb.showTextAligned(Element.ALIGN_LEFT, "***CARBON COPY #" + i + "***", 36, 770, 0);
cb.endText();
stamper.close();
reader.close();
}
}
}
</pre>
<br />
Let me know if the works for you
<br /></p></blockquote>
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<br />
<br />
Hello kclark, I'km goin to test it.<br />
Thank you very much
kclark
You're welcome, let me know if it needs to be modified at all.
