nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

can i pass the report element to the global function?

yaragallamurali

Hi in the script of the report i have written a global function as below:-<pre class="_prettyXprint _lang-">function abc(element){ element.content="hurray";}</pre>after this in the "dynamic text element" expression builder i have called the global function as below:-<pre class="_prettyXprint _lang-">abc(this);</pre>what i want to do is, i want to change the content property of the text element in the global function. But this is not working. Is this possible?

Find more posts tagged with

Comments

yaragallamurali

Any help on this?

CBR

Yes it is possible. Just pass in a reference to the text element. The expression you are using is not valid because using this in expression builder does not give you a reference to the text element.

yaragallamurali

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="cbrell" data-cid="120955" data-time="1380826991"><div>Yes it is possible. Just pass in a reference to the text element. The expression you are using is not valid because using this in expression builder does not give you a reference to the text element.</div></blockquote>Your answer is very simple and i am a beginner. i want to pass the element to the global function. So can give a little bit more explanation and sample code if possible. What is meant by "pass in a reference to the text element"? do u mean to say pass the reference of the text element to global function? if so how? is it through script in the element?

CBR

Can you describe what you want to achieve? If it is just changing the content of a text element:Why don't you use dynamic text? If you can explain your requirements i can provide a sample report.

yaragallamurali

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="cbrell" data-cid="120960" data-time="1380828381"><div>Can you describe what you want to achieve? If it is just changing the content of a text element:Why don't you use dynamic text? If you can explain your requirements i can provide a sample report.</div></blockquote>I dont have requirement as such in hand. In java script it is possible to pass html element using "this" to a function. So i wanted to know whether it is possible in birt. If so where is the appropriate place to use "this". I mean if we use "this" in script of the element rather than in expression builder will it be fine?

CBR

Exactly:The event handler script of an element is the correct place to use this.

yaragallamurali

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="cbrell" data-cid="120970" data-time="1380872940"><div>Exactly:The event handler script of an element is the correct place to use this.</div></blockquote>Thank you so much.