Oracle Reports Column Width

I have created a report and in the top margin I have put a report block that shows the parameters that were used to run the report. The problem that I am having is that one of the fields is being set to a maximum of 32 characters and I need it to be at least 100 characters because it is cutting off the list at 32 characters. I have tried to manually adjust the field using the paper layout but the width in the property inspector does not change and I can not change it myself. I am currently using Oracle Reports 10g. Any help would be greatly appreciate.

You probably have a frame around your item which is set with a fixed width. Check if there is a frame around the item and make it variable horizontal.
Note that there can be a frame around this frame also etc. Make sure this frame is expandable aswell.
Marcos

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Scott,
Using FOP.
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I am using Apex 4.1
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<style>
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Shoaib581 wrote:
Hi,
I am using Apex 4.1
Can anyone tell me how we can change the width of Sql report. For IR report we can do it using the following code,Always post code using <tt>\...\</tt> tags:
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_width: 500px;
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width: 400px;
<style>OR
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OR
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Hi Leland,
I have tested this here: [http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=267:18]
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