Hello, the request in format pdf doesn't detect the character CRLF's(new line).

The output generated is:
line1line2

when the correct output is:
line1
line2

Is there any patch for resolve this case? WF5.3.2

Is there any character that previously I can add in the field for the format pdf detects like a new line?
For example: in format html I can add the tag <br> and the iexplore detects ok like a new line.
Thanks in advance.

No patch is required. The tag <br> will work in HTML. There's no tag in PDF. What is it you're attempting to do? Is it in the Heading? Or data?

I have a table in Oracle with a varchar2(4000), in this field we usually store the content of a file txt or some text like comments introduce by user. Therefore this field usually has CRLF's (new line).

I need to build an inform in format pdf that shows this field in the data section.

Something like that:
TABLE FILE
PRINT FIELD_CRLF
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
END

This cannot be done at the moment. It appears this is a "New Feature Request" for a future release.

There may be some kind of work-around, for instance replacing the CRLF by a number of blank characters to separate the pieces of text from each other.

Perhaps someone may suggest a better idea...

Thanks Francis, I'm working around and I have a new idea:
I build the report1 in format PDF, I show others columns and on the last column(FIELD_CRLF) I create a link(FOCEXEC) to another report2 that only shows the FIELD_CRLF in format HTML, I previously translate CRLF with tag <br>.

It's works fine but, for a complete solution, I need that the second report can open in a new window like if I use a window.open with parameter _blank.

I had tried with the parameter TARGET in FOCEXEC, but i think it isn't supported by format PDF.

I'm thinking that I can link to new fex than only has a piece of html(HTMLFORM), in this fex I can write a javascript function that opens the second report in a new window but I have found one problem: I need change the url in report1(PDF) to call a new fex and therefore I lose the information in this window, history.back no there is a better solution. The report1 is very heavy and i don't want to re-execute the report.

Finally, Anyone Knows how I can open a report in a new window from other report in format PDF?.

Thanks in advance.

The same window launch is a 'feature' of Adobe Acrobat viewer and will be the same for any language that produces a PDF format document. Basically Acrobat viewer will always launch a link in the same viewer window. So the anwser to your final question is (I think) that you can not.


I think your workaround of changing the URL in report1 (PDF) is probably too OTT and a simple link to an HTML page should still allow the back button to be used within the browser.

The following code demostrates this (copy and save it as CARTEST.fex) -

-DEFAULT &WFFMT='PDF';
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
     'BODY.DEALER_COST/D10.2!L'
     'BODY.RETAIL_COST/D10.2CN'
     'BODY.SALES/D12.2!L'
BY
     'ORIGIN.COUNTRY'
BY
     'COMP.CAR'
BY
     'CARREC.MODEL'
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT &WFFMT
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=DATA,
     COLUMN=N3,
     FONT='ARIAL',
     COLOR='RED',
     FOCEXEC=CARTEST(WFFMT='HTML'), TARGET='_blank',
$
ENDSTYLE
END

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