I need JSP SCRIPLET report help!

Question

Here's what we are doing.
We are using a JSP report built in report builder (10gR2,win xp pro), and modifying the layout in the web builder part of the tool that generates the JSP.
These reports that are run, end up being exported to EXCEL via the MS Windows export function in Internet Explorer.
I have managed to write the code I need into a Javascript - which works great - EXCEPT when we export to EXCEL, the MS process does not run JavaScript - so we do not get what is on the screen. So I need this code converted to a JSP scriplet, so it will work when exported to excel.
here is the javascript I came up with. Basically it says if the string length of the HTML code generated from the reports tag is > 51, then give me that same html inside of a <tr> <td> </td> </tr>, else do nothing (do not produce a table row).
<script type = "text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
if ( '<td <rw:id id="HFpltitlesname87" breakLevel="RGpltitlecode871" asArray="no"/> class="OraRowHeader"> <rw:field id="Fpltitlesname87" src="pl_title_sname" breakLevel="RGpltitlecode871" breakValue="" nullValue=""> F_pl_title_sname </rw:field> </td> '.length > 51 )
document.writeln ( '<tr>');
document.writeln ('<td <rw:id id="HFpltitlesname87" breakLevel="RGpltitlecode871" asArray="no"/> class="OraRowHeader"> <rw:field id="Fpltitlesname87" src="pl_title_sname" breakLevel="RGpltitlecode871" breakValue="" nullValue=""> F_pl_title_sname </rw:field> </td> ' );
document.writeln ( '</tr>' );
</script>
During JSP compile time, the <rw:id tag gets translated to the value as expected. I need to come up with something at compile time via a scriplet - so it will be pure HTML and will import into EXCEL.
This is cross posted in Reports.

Answer 1

I found a solution.
No JavaScript or scriplets needed.
I moved the report tag to act like a Group Above layout vs a Group Left.
We had chosen Group Left in the layout since it was the lesser of 2 evils for out column headers.