Display data in a tabular format with borders and cells (like HTML tab

[ohsimuser]

Hi,

I would like to display my report data in a tabular format just like any HTML table with cells and borders. Data width is completely variable in size. Please let me know If you guys have any solution for this

 

[FlavioC]

I think you should set the horizontal elasticity to "Fixed" from the property palette and then use the border property from the Format menu, but be aware that probably you'll have to make some adjustments to the position of the fields manually as you might see some overlapping between the border line and the first or last character of the cell content, depending on the justification specified.

For instance, in order to have a non overlapping border for a left justified cell containing pure text (numbers are easier to deal with as you can play around with format masks), I had to nudge the preceding field to the left and enable its right border, whilst the left border of the main cell was disabled (transparent). In this fashion I had a properly formatted cell with a border line to its left with a minimal effort.

Vertical space should pose less problems, again you can specify a fixed "elasticity", cell formatting seems to be slightly easier compared to the horizintal situation.

Hope it helps,
Flavio