I wan't to export a Jasper Report to Pdf & Excel.
When the export type is PDF : i need the pagination of document to
be ignored.
When the type id EXcel : i need even page on an excel sheet and rename these sheet's by the label of the un-repeated group.
To print the whole document in a single page, your report must ignore pagination by default. For this, you've to check ignore pagination to true.
Your_Report >> Properties >> ignore pagination = true
For excel sheet's, add the following variable in a field that changes for each group, it makes it possible to do the jump for a new sheet.
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.break.after.row" value="true"/>
For change the name of the sheet dynamically on excel, you can use :
<propertyExpression name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.sheet.name"><![CDATA[$F{libUniteOrg}]]></propertyExpression>
I know this has been asked before, but I seem to be going around in circles
Where in the magento file structure is the HTML file that displays amongst other things Anashrias Sandals(as well as Magentos end of summer sale etc...)
Ive installed the sample application to Magento CE V1.7.0.2
I can see the definition in Magento/Admin under CMS->Pages->Home Page->2 Columns with Left Bar, but Ive wondered all through the file system. The PHTML specifies the familiar
echo $this->getChildHtml('content')
But I cant seem to find anything that 'content' could resolve to that display Anashrias graceful feet and sandals
Content.phtml simply states
getPageContent(); ?>
Arghhhhhhh
Even turning debugging on puts dashed red lines around every block EXCEPT the content page
Sadly those wonderfully manicured toes must go
...but how
I was going to just comment, but to explain thoroughly I need more space ;)
To answer your comment directly, the content you see isn't necessarily in a file somewhere, the "content" for CMS pages are within your database. By changing the content field on your CMS Page (Magento Admin -> CMS -> Pages -> select a page from the list), you can change the center content for that page. Magento has many different page "types" (Each Parent of the tags in xml (explained later) is a layout handle signifying a page type), common examples are cms, category, product, checkout, cart, customer account, etc.
So, when you see $this->getChildHtml('content');, what you see is a call to the system to pull the child block named "content" from the XML. This changes depending on what page you are on, as dictated by the XML and Magento Core Code.
Layout Files
Lets take a look at the source of where the name "content" comes from. Our current working directory is /app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/. In this folder you will see a list of .xml files, these are the files that dictate how a page is put together. The block named "content" is originally defined in page.xml at around line 91:
<block type="core/text_list" name="content" as="content" translate="label">
<label>Main Content Area</label>
</block>
Also, note that this section is "nested" in the <default></default> tags. Those tags are the layout handles I was talking about, and this shows that all pages should be loaded with this xml layout by default. So here is our "content" block, in all its glory. It's actually just a namespace. The other layout pages will each load what they need from within the content block.
Now, let's look at another relevant layout file, cms.xml, around line 45:
<cms_page translate="label">
<label>CMS Pages (All)</label>
<reference name="content">
<block type="core/template" name="page_content_heading" template="cms/content_heading.phtml"/>
<block type="page/html_wrapper" name="cms.wrapper" translate="label">
<label>CMS Content Wrapper</label>
<action method="setElementClass"><value>std</value></action>
<block type="cms/page" name="cms_page"/>
</block>
</reference>
</cms_page>
Here, the <reference name="content"> denotes that everything nested here is a child of the "content" block. We don't need to call it like <block name="content"/> because we know it was already defined in page.xml.
From there, they have the "cms.wrapper" block, which basically just sets the div that "wraps" around the rest of the cms content. Nested within the wrapper is our <block type="cms/page" name="cms_page"/>. This is the bad boy that outsources our template job to the cms/page block class, located in app/code/core/Mage/cms/page.php. From there, basically the class will grab our CMS Page detail from the database and present it for all to see.
So, to answer your question in short, there is no file that has the content of the cms pages, it is pulled from the database and generated upon page request.
Block Tag Explained
Blocks have various attributes to it, I'll go over the basics.
type="core/template": The type denotes what kind of block class it is. This refers to the folders nested in the "app/code/core/Mage/" folder (typically, with exceptions*). Here we are referring to app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php. The class you set here will be attached to your template. This is responsible for the prolific use of $this->doSomething() in your template files. Basically the template file is calling the class object to do the work. "core/template" is a good general use class to fall back on when adding custom template files, although in certain circumstances you may need to choose something else.
name="content": Here we are giving our block a name. It would be the identifying name of the block, and it's used to reference that block everywhere. The block name is needed for such things as xml references (<reference name="blockName">) and to call blocks from within parent phtml template files (<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('blockName'); ?>). Note that all templates which call it without an argument ($this->getChildHtml('');) means to call ALL child blocks without being explicitly called.
as="content": This signifies an alias identifier. You can use the alias the same as the name above.
template="page/html/callouts.phtml": This sets the template for the block. Magento will look for app/design/frontend/your_package/your_theme/template/page/html/callouts.phtml and use it as the block's layout.
*Exceptions: Third-party extensions typically use either app/code/community or app/code/local folders. If you have to overwrite a core class, copy the directory structure to the local folder and then make your edits to the local version of the class.The classes load in this order: /local/ > /community/ > /core/. If a local version is found it will use that first, followed by community and core, and takes the first class file found with that name.
local.xml
Let me introduce you to the proper way of modifying your layout. Here, create a file called local.xml in your directory app/design/frontend/your_package/your_theme/layout/. This one file will house all your layout updates, to prevent any conflicts that may arise if you start editing the base layouts. Also, it keeps all your custom changes in one tidy file.
We'll remove some things that the demo store puts in that isn't really needed. Your layout should look like this, to start:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
<!-- Layout Handle -->
<default>
<!-- Block Reference -->
<reference name="left">
<!-- Remove by Reference Name -->
<remove name="left.permanent.callout"/>
</reference>
<reference name="right">
<remove name="right.permanent.callout"/>
</reference>
</default>
</layout>
Not a whole lot there, but what this will do is remove the callout ads on the left and right side bars. You'll need to refresh your cache upon making layout xml changes.
Read another one of my answers for some more things you can do with local.xml:
Magento Sidebar Customization
Edit 08/16/13:
I glossed over the Magento Design Guide (I had it once, good resource to start off, but by the first time I read it I already had learned everything it had to offer). The fallback structure it speaks of is in regarding the code/template/layout/skin/translation files.
The packages to use are partially set by you, in System->Configuration->Design. If it is not found, then it falls back to default. If default doesn't have what it's looking for, it grabs the base file. Magento does this inherently by design.
Unfortunately I don't see any built in mechanism for falling back database content. The cms content is made up of 4 tables, cms_block, cms_block_store, cms_page and cms_page_store. cms_block_store and cms_page_store each only contain the page/block id and the store id. both ids are primary keys. This is to relate the page/block id to which store it belongs to.
I suppose you could try to instigate a fallback for cms content by having it search for that page with store id, and if not, fall back to the same page ID from a different store. Or perhaps make a "base" store record that is only used as the fallback store id. I wouldn't be sure exactly how to implement either one though.
For your reference these are the cms_block and cms_page tables:
cms_block Table
[block_id] //Internal Id, Auto Increments and is Primary Key
[title] //Block Title as User Defined
[identifier] //Block Identifier, also User Defined
[content] //Block Content Stored Here
[creation_time] //Date-Time the Block was Created (ex. 2013-07-22 17:21:18)
[update_time] //Date-Time the Block was Last Updated
[is_active] //Show(1) or Hide(0) Block.
cms_page Table
[page_id] //Internal Id, Auto Increment, Primary Key
[title] //Page Title
[root_template] //Template Layout (one_column, two_columns_left, etc)
[meta_keywords] //Meta Keywords
[meta_description] //Meta Description
[identifier] //User Defined Page Identifier
[content_heading] //Content Heading to be Displayed
[content] //Page Content
[creation_time] //Date-Time Page Created
[update_time] //Date-Time Page Last Updated
[is_active] //Show(1) or Hide(0) Page (0 = 404 error)
[sort_order] //Legacy(?) Page Sorting Order**
[layout_update_xml] //XML Layout Changes***
[custom_theme] //Override Page w/ Different Theme
[custom_root_template] //Override Page w/ Different Layout than Set Above
[custom_layout_update_xml] //Override Page Layout w/ Different XML***
[custom_theme_from] //Set Date to Start Overriding Page w/ Custom Layout
[custom_theme_to] //Set Date to End Overriding Page w/ Custom Layout
/*
/**I don't see anywhere to set via Admin Back-End. All mine are set to (0),
/ my best guess is it was used to sort page link order in a menu. Either
/ they removed this feature somewhere along the way or I somehow removed
/ it and forgot.
/
/***Think local.xml without the need to use the layout handle. In other words:
/ You can modify specific pages with the same xml styling as used between
/ the <default></default> tags above. Don't actually put <?xml>, <layout>
/ or <default> (the update handle) tags.
*/
So that's all that is in the cms portion of the database.
Fallback
When properly configured, Magento will fall back in this order:
<!-- Front End Package/Theme Template and Layout Files -->
app/design/frontend/yourPackage/yourTheme/
app/design/frontend/yourPackage/default/
app/design/frontend/default/default/
app/design/frontend/base/default/
<!-- Admin Package/Theme Template and Layout Files -->
app/design/adminhtml/yourPackage/yourTheme/
app/design/adminhtml/yourPackage/default/
app/design/adminhtml/default/default/
<!-- Front End Package/Theme Skin (JS/CSS/Images) Files -->
skin/frontend/yourPackage/yourTheme/
skin/frontend/yourPackage/default/
skin/frontend/default/default/
skin/frontend/base/default/
<!-- Admin Package/Theme Skin (JS/CSS/Images) Files -->
skin/adminhtml/yourPackage/yourTheme/
skin/adminhtml/yourPackage/default/
skin/adminhtml/default/default/
<!-- Magento Code Pool -->
app/code/local/**
app/code/community/***
app/code/core/
/*
/**Magento will, by default, only look within local folders that currently
/ exist in the core directory, community directory*** OR if an active
/ module has codePool*** set to local.
/
/***Third-Party modules have to set which codePool they are using, which
/ specifies the default working directory for that module's code.
/ This is defined in the xml located at /app/etc/modules/*. If a module
/ has its codepool set to community, you can override the extension's
/ code by copying it to local.
/*
The "community" codePool is said to be there for legacy reasons, and that new extensions should be made to use the "local" only. I personally don't agree, it would make much more sense for every Third-Party extension to use the community codePool and retain the ability to override the original extension code from "local" without modifying the original.
Okay, I think I'm done with this question, as any more information here would be overload. If I missed anything, start a new question and link me to it ;D.
I have created a custom Plone content type in my package i.e. my.product.
I am in need of integrating a working copy support: so that a "published" document (in my case, a published content type) stays online while it is being edited. Basically, I want to take advantage of 'Working Copy Support (Iterate)' provided by plone.app.iterate to achieve what is explained here. This will provide me with ability to check-in/check-out my changes.
Is this possible in Plone 4 with custom content types using Archetypes? How would one go about it if yes?
I added the following two files inside my.product/my/product/profiles/default folder and it appears to work:
diff_tool.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<object>
<difftypes>
<type portal_type="MyCustomType">
<field name="any" difftype="Compound Diff for AT types"/>
</type>
</difftypes>
</object>
repositorytool.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<repositorytool>
<policymap>
<type name="MyCustomType">
<policy name="at_edit_autoversion"/>
<policy name="version_on_revert"/>
</type>
</policymap>
</repositorytool>
I have never used plone.app.iterate, but this is the generic approach how to solve the problem.
Actions are installed by plone.app.iterate GenericSetup profile. You can see actions here:
https://github.com/plone/plone.app.iterate/blob/master/plone/app/iterate/profiles/default/actions.xml
Pay note to the line *available_expr* which tells when to show the action or not. It points to helper view with the conditition.
The view is defined here
https://github.com/plone/plone.app.iterate/blob/master/plone/app/iterate/browser/configure.zcml#L7
The checks that are performed for the content item if it's archiveable
https://github.com/plone/plone.app.iterate/blob/master/plone/app/iterate/browser/control.py#L47
Most likely the failure comes from if not interfaces.IIterateAware.providedBy condition. Your custom contennt must declare this interface. However, you can confirm this putting a pdb breakpoint in checkin_allowed(self) and step it though line-by-line and see what happens with your content type.
I'm having trouble with JasperReports 4.0.2 XLS export. The file comes out but it seems to have certain issues each time, no matter which configuration I try:
Column headers will disappear unless I disable graphics e.g. vertical line separating the headers and the data.
I cannot remove repeating page and column headers and have all the data as a single details block. The page numbers cannot be removed also.
The same template is used for PDF export (which should have pages) and XLS export (which should be without pages). For achieving the desired XLS export I've tried configuring the export with JRXlsExporter parameters in the java code as well as changing properties in the default.jasperreports.properties file.
This far I haven't found any actual documentation on the topic. Few forums posts in the JasperReports site seem not to be working.
The Problem is solved.
Somehow JasperReports ignored the properties set in the java code during the export process with JRXlsExporter class and the properties file. However, the same delcarations did work then added directly to the JRXML file. The working code to remove repeating headers is below:
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.exclude.origin.band.1" value="pageHeader"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.exclude.origin.band.2" value="pageFooter"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.exclude.origin.keep.first.band.2" value="columnHeader"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.remove.empty.space.between.rows" value="true"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.remove.empty.space.between.columns" value="true"/>
The titles did disappear due to separator line being drawn on top of the titles themself. PDF could handle this but XLS did not. By adding a few pixels of space in between the titles and the separator the problem did solve.
Background
Custom properties in Open XML are stored in docProps/custom.xml and look like this (for a string):
<property fmtid="{xxxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}" pid="2" name="Key">
<vt:lpwstr>Value</vt:lpwstr>
</property>
The Open XML (v1) specification doesn't give many details about fmtid and pid. It merely states in section 7.3.2.2:
[PID] Uniquely relates a custom property with an OLE property
Questions
I have a few questions about the specification's vague explanation:
What are OLE properties?
Is it possible add a new OpenXML property in custom.xml without storing an OLE property?
Does pid need to be unique per fmtid, or unique for all fmtids in custom.xml
Why don't my own properties in custom.xml appear in Word?
I'm going to partially answer my own question based on what I discovered by experimenting.
OLE properties are NTFS extended attributes that are stored in alternative file streams. They can be viewed or modified with DSOfile.dll. See this StackOverflow question.
Custom properties can be added by modifying custom.xml. They will only appear in Word's properties dialog if the fmtid belongs to Word or a loaded COM add-in.