321204 – Cannot edit report in word doc format

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Bug 321204 - Cannot edit report in word doc format

Summary: Cannot edit report in word doc format

Status:	VERIFIED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	z_Archived
Classification:	Eclipse Foundation
Component:	BIRT (show other bugs)
Version:	2.6.0
Hardware:	PC Windows XP

Importance:	P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Birt-ReportEngine-inbox@eclipse.org
QA Contact:	Xiaodan Wang

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Reported:	2010-07-29 06:34 EDT by srikanth Mising name
Modified:	2010-08-04 04:49 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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This is the report design where i cannot edit the doc report,,, (14.96 KB, application/octet-stream) 2010-07-30 03:51 EDT, srikanth Mising name	no flags	Details
I have attached rpt design , Another issue with editing the report (48.93 KB, application/octet-stream) 2010-07-30 07:11 EDT, srikanth Mising name	no flags	Details
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Description srikanth Mising name

2010-07-29 06:34:50 EDT

Build Identifier: 20100617-1415

I am generating a report in word doc format.. But I cannot edit the report...i.e,If i have table in My rpt design ,When I generate the report, I am not able to delete the column of the table in the report..

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Design an rpt with 5*5 table and give border to every cell.
2.fill each cell with dynamic text with data.
3.goto view report->View Report as DOC

Comment 1 Xiaoying Gu

2010-07-30 02:10:12 EDT

I can not reproduce this issue in latest 2.6.1 build.

Could you please attach your report design for us to reproduce this issue?

Comment 2 srikanth Mising name

2010-07-30 03:51:43 EDT

Created attachment 175544 [details]
This is the report design where i cannot edit the doc report,,,

I have attached the rpt design which will reproduce the issue..

Comment 3 Xiaoying Gu

2010-07-30 05:06:17 EDT

(In reply to comment #2)
> Created an attachment (id=175544) [details]
> This is the report design where i cannot edit the doc report,,,
> I have attached the rpt design which will reproduce the issue..

The table in this example has merged cells in the first row and last row.

You can not choose/delete coloumns in such table in word. It's the limitation of Microsoft word, not BIRT.

Comment 4 srikanth Mising name

2010-07-30 07:11:38 EDT

Created attachment 175556 [details]
I have attached rpt design , Another issue with editing the report

There is another issue in editing the word doc.. I have three tables, I am trying to move the second table a different page.. It fails to do this

Comment 5 Xiaoying Gu

2010-08-02 01:44:56 EDT

(In reply to comment #4)
> Created an attachment (id=175556) [details]
> I have attached rpt design , Another issue with editing the report
> There is another issue in editing the word doc.. I have three tables, I am
> trying to move the second table a different page.. It fails to do this

BIRT will treat html text as table in doc. So the table 2 in you example report is actually a nested table. 

In word, you need to choose the outside table to delete, which is difficult to choose actually. You can try this with insert a nested table in Word. This is a word issue either, not BIRT.

You can choose all the rows of table 2 and delete the table by ctrl + x as a workaround.

Comment 6 Xiaodan Wang

2010-08-04 04:49:28 EDT

Set as Verified.