"[SOLVED] dumping text file inside a report generated"

tennenrishin

Generating a report, I would like to include a snapshot of a text file. How can this be accomplished?

(Is there an easy way to read the text file into a macro? Or alternatively, is there a way to report a Document object? The following doesn't seem to work for me:)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<process version="5.2.006">
  <context>
    <input/>
    <output/>
    <macros/>
  </context>
  <operator activated="true" class="process" compatibility="5.2.006" expanded="true" name="Process">
    <process expanded="true" height="431" width="681">
      <operator activated="true" class="text:read_document" compatibility="5.2.003" expanded="true" height="60" name="Read Document" width="90" x="112" y="75">
        <parameter key="file" value="file.txt"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="reporting:generate_report" compatibility="5.2.000" expanded="true" height="76" name="Generate Report" width="90" x="246" y="75">
        <parameter key="report_name" value="hi"/>
        <parameter key="format" value="HTML"/>
        <parameter key="html_output_directory" value="C:\Users\isak\Documents\hi"/>
        <parameter key="pdf_output_file" value="C:\Users\isak\Documents\hi.pdf"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="reporting:report" compatibility="5.2.000" expanded="true" height="60" name="Report" width="90" x="380" y="75">
        <parameter key="report_name" value="hi"/>
        <parameter key="specified" value="true"/>
        <parameter key="reportable_type" value="Document"/>
        <parameter key="renderer_name" value="Document"/>
        <list key="parameters"/>
      </operator>
      <connect from_op="Read Document" from_port="output" to_op="Generate Report" to_port="through 1"/>
      <connect from_op="Generate Report" from_port="through 1" to_op="Report" to_port="reportable in"/>
      <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
    </process>
  </operator>
</process>

Thanks for any help
Isak

tennenrishin

I don't know why it works, but I just discovered this workaround by accident:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<process version="5.2.006">
  <context>
    <input/>
    <output/>
    <macros/>
  </context>
  <operator activated="true" class="process" compatibility="5.2.006" expanded="true" name="Process">
    <process expanded="true" height="431" width="681">
      <operator activated="true" class="text:read_document" compatibility="5.2.003" expanded="true" height="60" name="Read Document" width="90" x="112" y="75">
        <parameter key="file" value="file.txt"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="reporting:generate_report" compatibility="5.2.000" expanded="true" height="76" name="Generate Report" width="90" x="246" y="75">
        <parameter key="report_name" value="hi"/>
        <parameter key="format" value="HTML"/>
        <parameter key="html_output_directory" value="C:\Users\isak\Documents\hi"/>
        <parameter key="pdf_output_file" value="C:\Users\isak\Documents\hi.pdf"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="reporting:report" compatibility="5.2.000" expanded="true" height="60" name="Report" width="90" x="380" y="75">
        <parameter key="report_name" value="hi"/>
        <parameter key="specified" value="true"/>
        <parameter key="reportable_type" value="File"/>
        <parameter key="renderer_name" value="Text View"/>
        <list key="parameters"/>
      </operator>
      <connect from_op="Read Document" from_port="output" to_op="Generate Report" to_port="through 1"/>
      <connect from_op="Generate Report" from_port="through 1" to_op="Report" to_port="reportable in"/>
      <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
    </process>
  </operator>
</process>

Send a Document object into the Report operator, but select reportable type: File.