Mixed techniques for HTML crosstab rendering
What is described is a method and system for rendering HTML tables and crosstabs when insufficient data is available about the structure of the tables and data elements are positioned relative to the top-left corner of the table and not their first container, which is table data (TD).
1. A computerized method for rendering HTML tables and crosstabs where data coordinates are specific to a top-left corner of a table, comprising:
changing position value of a set of table data to absolute;
setting top-left offset of the set of table data to 0 pixel, 0 pixel;
changing width and height of the set of table data to 1 pixel;
changing position value of data elements to absolute, wherein the position is with respect to a parent container;
setting data elements top-left property according to available data for positioning within the parent container;
setting width and height property of the table to 1 pixel; and
removing border's property of the table.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising adding a table border as data elements' border on top of the set of table data.
3. A computer system to render HTML tables and crosstabs, where data coordinates are specific to a top-left corner of a table, comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more non-transitory memory devices, the memory devices having stored thereon instructions related to:
a viewer control to receive a request from a browser for viewing;
a report source to provide Encapsulated Page Format byte stream to the viewer control;
a page object model to convert the Encapsulated Page Format byte stream to an object model;
a report renderer to convert the object model to HTML, wherein the report renderer is operable to change the position value of a set of table data to absolute, set top-left offset of the set of table data to 0 pixel, 0 pixel, change width and height of the set of table data to 1 pixel, change position value of data elements to absolute, wherein the position is with respect to a parent container, set data elements top-left property according to available data for positioning within the parent container, set width and height property of the table to 1 pixel and remove border's property of the table.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the report source retrieves the Encapsulated Page Format byte stream from a database.
5. The system of claim 4 further comprising a server for the communication between the report source and the database.
6. The system of claim 5 further comprising a database engine to retrieve the data from the database and send the Encapsulated Page Format byte stream to the server.
7. The system of claim 3 , wherein the report renderer is further operable to add a table border as data elements' border on top of the set of table data.
8. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a machine readable medium for rendering HTML tables and crosstabs, wherein data coordinates are specific to a top-left corner of a table, the product comprising instructions operable to cause a processor to:
change position value of a set of table data to absolute;
set top-left offset of the set of table data to 0 pixel, 0 pixel;
change width and height of the set of table data to 1 pixel;
change position value of data elements to absolute, wherein the position is with respect to a parent container;
set data elements top-left property according to available data for positioning within the parent container;
set width and height property of the table to 1 pixel; and
remove border's property of the table.
9. The product of claim 8 , further comprising instructions to add a table border as data elements' border on top of the set of table data.