Report looks different in BO and WebI

Hi,
I have developed a report in BO 6.1a. The report contains of 2 tables which are overlapped for some formatting issues. They look fine in BO. But when the report is viewed in WebI the 2 tables are separated apart. They do’nt stay in the overlapped way. Why does this happen and what is the solution?

Akshay


akshay :india: (BOB member since 2004-02-05)

I had a similar problem when I was doing work in 6.1a. I even found if you had a hidden cell it would show up. I never found a way to keep the reports together. Have you tried overlapping the reports by what ever space they seem apart?


Randy Jones :us: (BOB member since 2002-08-19)

Did you try all the different viewing option in WebI such as Adobe, HTML, etc?


Andreas :de: (BOB member since 2002-06-20)

Hi,
Do u mean a cell hidden in BO 6.1a would show up on WebI?

Actually there is a crosstab with around 10 columns out of which th first 3 columns are overlapped with another table. And in WebI this overlapping somehow disappears.
How did u solve your problem?

Akshay


akshay :india: (BOB member since 2004-02-05)

Hi,
Actually the client viewed he report in WebI. so I do’nt know what he did? But does these different views give different outputs?

Akshay


akshay :india: (BOB member since 2004-02-05)

Yes, a cell without borders and text set to clear would show up. You could see the outline of the cell. Very disappointing as the hidden cell is used for many reasons.


Randy Jones :us: (BOB member since 2002-08-19)

Try to view the report in Enhanced document viewer.
The report layout sometimes vary in different document viewers.


mkumar (BOB member since 2002-08-26)

What is enhanced document viewer?


akshay :india: (BOB member since 2004-02-05)

when you see the report in WebI, there are different options you can choose in which format you want to see the report.
I think you get the following options there
HTML
PDF
Enhanced document viewer
ActiveX Control


mkumar (BOB member since 2002-08-26)

The why: BO creates HTML tables. HTML tables CANNOT be overlapping. So, the HTML generator separates them. Perhaps 6.5 will change this because of the HTML 4 support.


Steve Krandel :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-25)