How to Auto-Size Search and Select Prompts in Cognos 8 Report Studio
Kirk Wiseman, VP of Training for PerformanceG2
Often with large text items, the Select and Search prompt display areas are not wide enough to display the data. Here’s a way to make the display areas dynamically re-size to meet the demands of the wider data:
1. Locate and backup the file ..\c8\webcontent\prompting\properties.js located on the Cognos 8 gateway component.
2. Set the SYSTEMPROPERTY_CSEARCH_AUTO_RESIZE_RESULT_LIST to true.
See below:
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// Copyright (C) 2008 Cognos ULC, an IBM Company. All rightsreserved.
// Cognos (R) is a trademark of Cognos ULC, (formerly CognosIncorporated).
/* Use this file to override flags in the prompt controls. */
/*
Use the following flag to disable search request when the user press Enter in the search input box.
This is a workaround to prevent searches when users use japanese IME input control.
*/
var Search_DisableEnterKeyAutoSubmit = false;
var SYSTEMPROPERTY_CSEARCH_AUTO_RESIZE_RESULT_LIST = true;
var SYSTEMPROPERTY_CREATE_CUSTOM_SCRIPTS_REFS = true;
var SYSTEMPROPERTY_CUSTOM_SCRIPTS_OVERRIDE_FORM_SUBMIT = false;
var SYSTEMPROPERTY_REORDER_DROPDOWN_VALUES_IN_RANGES = false;
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The Select and Search prompt control display areas are variable width and therefore wide information is no longer cut off.
