RE: [libreoffice-users] Variable field height in LO Base reports

Chad and Jay,

I'm not sure how this works through the LO Base user interface, but I have some clues from the ODF 
1.2 Committee Specification 01 on what to look for.

The only structure I'm aware of that allows variable height (other than the text flow of a document 
itself) is the <draw:text-box> element.  You can specify a minimum height and a maximum height.  
There must be a set maximum if there is a minimum (there's no setting that establishes no maximum).

The <draw:text-box> must be within a <draw:frame> in your report (which is essentially a 
LibreOffice Writer document embedded in the Base).  The <draw:text-box> can contain a paragraph 
that has some content derived via a <text:database-display> element.

The two questions I can't answer, not using Base myself, are (1) what of the above is supported in 
the LibreOffice Base implementation and (2) if it is supported, what are the UI ceremonies to 
exploit the provisions in the design of a report presentation.

I see Object Resizing as a formatting option in the Oracle Report Builder, but I have not found 
something for which those provisions are not greyed out. 

Good Luck

 - Dennis



-----Original Message-----
From: planas [mailto:jslozier@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 21:19
To: users@libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Variable field height in LO Base reports

Chad

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 19:56 -0400, Chad Neeper wrote:

> I'm investigating the feasibility of using LO Base again after a 
> couple of years have passed. I have to say that I'm very happy with 
> the progress that has been made on Base and reports since I last 
> looked into it! I hope development on it continues at a steady pace. Kudos to the devs!
>
> My first roadblock to printing the reports I need is that I can't seem 
> to find a way to make a memo or text field with a variable height. I 
> have several fields that contain anywhere from a few to hundreds of 
> characters spanning several lines. If I'm forced to create a field in 
> the report that is big enough to display all of the largest entries, 
> I'll be needlessly blowing through reams of paper. I'm sure there must 
> be a way to create a variable height field which will grow to fit the 
> data that needs to be displayed and I'm just not finding it.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this?
>
> Thanks!
>
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