merge table cells

Hi,

i would like to merge 2 cells of a table. Am able to do it using on of the dev postings which drops the next cell and using setColSpan() it sets the cell length of interest. But here it is actually dropping the complete column itself..!!. So it is actually distorting the table.
ex:
1 2
1 <tab here> somedata
2 somedata
3 <tab here> somedata

In the example above when i try to merge row2,col1 with row2,col2 using my code i get:

somedata
somedata
somedata

what i want is:

1 2
1 <tab here> somedata
2 This cells is merged
3 <tab here> somedata

Is there anyway to merge cells of a table. I would really appreciate your help.

Thanks,
Rags

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mwilliams

Hi Rags,

What is the criteria for merging cells?

Rags

Hi,

We have to merge untill we have the next data is available in a cell. i.e.,

<tab here>somedata
somedata<tab here><tab here>somedata
<tab here>somedata

so in this exp in row 2 the first cell has to span for 2 cells i.e. till i reach the 2nd "somedata"

Regards,
Rags

najbak

Hi Rags,

did you have any success on this issue. I have the same problem and don't know how to merge cells with same data.
I would be grateful for any answer.

Thanks a lot

Najbak

Rags

hi,

Instead of merging dynamically, i merged statically for 2 cells only. This space was enough for me to fit my data

Regards,
Rags

vaishnavi

Hi Rags,
Can you please explain me here how to merge two cells statistically??

Regards,
Vaishnavi

madhur

If anyone searching how to merge..

Found this solution..

Select the cells that you want to merge.
Then Shift-click, you can see Merger cells in the Context menu

http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/eclipse_documentation/eclipse_birt_report_guide/topic/org.eclipse.birt.doc/birt/eclipse_birt_report_format.7.15.html