Display Date from External File in Master Page Header

Hi,

I have to display a DATE in the Master Page Header. That date should be read from the external file(say "date.txt"). Could some one provide me the detailed steps I must go through to acheive this? Also, please provide me the script(if there is one).

My Data source is an XML file. If I provide the date in the XML file(as some attibute), Is there any way I can read that attribute and show the DATE in it on the Master Page Header(Like dragging a Dynamic Text and blah blah blah....)? Thanks in Advance,

Regards,
EVS

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mwilliams

If you have the value available in your dataSet, you can assign the date to a report variable and recall it with the variable auto-text in the masterpage. If you need to bring it in from an external file, you can use a .txt file as a dataSource in BIRT and bring it in through a dataSet or you can set up a java.io input stream and bring the value in that way and use a dynamic textbox or the same way as above.

vensw

Thanks Guru... I will try that now..