Hi,

I'm trying to make a box with dotted lines to export to PDF.

But the line always appear solid...

Any sugestion?

Thanks,
Bruno

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Kathryn Henning>,

can you share the sample code using car file.

This works for me:

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT 
     CAR.ORIGIN.COUNTRY
     CAR.COMP.CAR
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD 
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
$
TYPE=REPORT,
     BORDER-TOP=MEDIUM,
     BORDER-BOTTOM=MEDIUM,
     BORDER-LEFT=MEDIUM,
     BORDER-RIGHT=MEDIUM,
     BORDER-TOP-STYLE=DOTTED,
     BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE=DOTTED,
     BORDER-LEFT-STYLE=DOTTED,
     BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE=DOTTED,
$
ENDSTYLE
END

Hi,

Here is a simple example, with 4 lines (box) and a report in the middle:

-* File newfex.fex
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
CAR.ORIGIN.COUNTRY
CAR.COMP.CAR
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
END


/*** In document composer ***/

*-HOLD_SOURCE
-* File fex_pdf
SET HTMLARCHIVE=ON
COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
UNITS=IN, $
SECTION=section1, LAYOUT=ON, METADATA='prop_with_names^Margins_Left=0.5^Margins_Top=0.5^Margins_Right=0.5^Margins_Bottom=0.5^thumbnailscale=4', MERGE=OFF, ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT, PAGESIZE=Letter, SHOW_GLOBALFILTER=OFF, $
PAGELAYOUT=1, NAME='Page layout 1', text='Page layout 1', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
OBJECT=BOX, NAME='line1', POSITION=(0.313 0.833), DIMENSION=(0.104 3.541), BACKCOLOR=BLACK, BORDER-COLOR=BLACK, METADATA='FONT-SIZE: 1pt; HEIGHT: 3.541in; POSITION: absolute; LEFT: 0.313in; Z-INDEX: 1; TOP: 0.833in; WIDTH: 0.104in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: black', $
OBJECT=BOX, NAME='line2', POSITION=(0.417 0.833), DIMENSION=(4.167 0.083), BACKCOLOR=BLACK, BORDER-COLOR=BLACK, METADATA='FONT-SIZE: 1pt; HEIGHT: 0.083in; POSITION: absolute; LEFT: 0.417in; Z-INDEX: 2; TOP: 0.833in; WIDTH: 4.167in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: black', $
OBJECT=BOX, NAME='line3', POSITION=(4.583 0.833), DIMENSION=(0.083 3.645), BACKCOLOR=BLACK, BORDER-COLOR=BLACK, METADATA='FONT-SIZE: 1pt; HEIGHT: 3.645in; POSITION: absolute; LEFT: 4.583in; Z-INDEX: 3; TOP: 0.833in; WIDTH: 0.083in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: black', $
OBJECT=BOX, NAME='line4', POSITION=(0.417 4.375), DIMENSION=(4.271 0.083), BACKCOLOR=BLACK, BORDER-COLOR=BLACK, METADATA='FONT-SIZE: 1pt; HEIGHT: 0.083in; POSITION: absolute; LEFT: 0.417in; Z-INDEX: 4; TOP: 4.375in; WIDTH: 4.271in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: black', $
COMPONENT='report1', TEXT='report1', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.521 1.042), DIMENSION=(3.854 3.229), ARREPORTSIZE=DIMENSION, METADATA='HEIGHT: 3.229in; POSITION: absolute; LEFT: 0.521in; Z-INDEX: 5; TOP: 1.042in; WIDTH: 3.854in', $
END
SET COMPONENT='report1'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE newfex.fex
COMPOUND END


I can't put the lines dotted...

Thanks

As far as I know you can't do it through pdf composer.

hum....

any other way?

the goal here is to delimit the report (included) in a dotted box...

Can't you just edit your code and add the BORDER-???-STYLE=DOTTED to it as diogopc has shown ?

Hi,

Doesn't work...

This option is deleted when I go to design view.

What you will find is that composer is deleting the code that is does not understand.

This does not mean that the code does not work. If you run the report it should be OK.

Keep in mind that once you go down this path, you have two choices.

1. move away from composer
2. re-add the custom code each time you edit with composer

You should open a case to add support for that.

quote:

I'm trying to make a box with dotted lines to export to PDF

Case opened...

Thanks