Eclipse does not expand field when rendered as PDF

Question

I have an Eclipse report with a grid. When it renders as HTML, the grid expands vertically to show all data within it.

However, when I try to print it as a PDF, the grid stays the original size and cuts off the print.

Any ideas of what I am missing?

Rendered as HTML:

Rendered as PDF:

Answer 1

Most of the time, PDF output is less permissive with styling errors than HTML. In this case you probably have set a height property on table rows or on detail cells, and BIRT tries to render accurately what it is asked.

As you can see in this example, the PDF output won't limit by its own the table fields if the height property is not set, whatever the size of fields is.