REP-1219 with MODE=Character

Hi All,
I am getting error "REP-1219 <> has no size--length or width is zero". I am running the report with MODE=Character. When I run the same report with MODE=Default then it runs fine.
I tried to adjust all frams..fields etc but the error is still there for one or the other object in report.
Please tell me the solution of this problem so that it runs in Character Mode.
Thanks
Mona

Hello,
It seems there is no solution to this proble. I have been searching on this topic for 2-3 years but there is no well defined solution. The only thing that helps is that you scrap the entire bitmap report and re-create it once again in character mode. I have doing reports for last 4 years and am still not comfortable with character mode reports. Recently i designed a very comples report and all is fine in bitmap but as soon as i try running it in character mode "R-1 has no size ....'. This error and documentation on it is completely hopeless - you wont get any help on this and the solution suggested is only an eye wash. I think Oracle should scrap oracle reports and come out with some other tool otherwise we developer keep buring our fingers and oracle doesn't care at all.
In this forum itself - on this topic no one has given solution except.
Hope some one listens.

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REP-1219 in Character Mode

Hi All,
I am getting error "REP-1219 <> has no size--length or width is zero". I am running the report with MODE=Character. When I run the same report with MODE=Default then it runs fine.
I tried to adjust all frams..fields etc but the error is still there for one or the other object in report.
Please tell me the solution of this problem so that it runs in Character Mode.
Thanks

Did you also try increasing the size of the items inside the group?

REP 1219

Good Morning Everyone,
We got the message:
Unable to run report to the Paper Design.
REP 1219: B-1 has no size -- length or width is zero.We founded B_A
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If you have experience about it, please share with us.
NY
Edited by: New Yorker on Sep 23, 2010 5:58 AM

Hello,
This error is often returned when you design your layout with "Design in Character Units"=No and execute it with MODE=CHARACTER .
http://www.oracle.com/webapps/online-help/reports/10.1.2/topics/htmlhelp_rwbuild_hs/rwcontxt/props/pi_design_in_character_units.htm
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I searched on metalink, otn, and dejanews for this. I saw a variety of responses none are helpful. I am a forms person and do not know reports well.
This error happens when I try to change a report to character mode. My client wants to be able to view reports in excel. To do this, I need to change them to client mode.
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I tried using the convert utility that someone recommended. This did not work.
Please be thorough in your explanation and understand that I have read the existing notes about this problem.

Hi Ryan,
Firstly you should understand that Reports is a bitmapped reporting tool (think 600-1200 dots per inch laser printer), so when you run under character mode, Reports is taking objects that are sizable to the laser printer pixel and mapping them onto a much, much less granular character grid (e.g., 70x54 grid). So, a report designed for bitmapped may have many objects where after rounding to the character grid the object ends up being a line or single point in the character grid, making it have zero size...and you get the error when that happens.
You can see how your report looks in the character unit grid by following the steps in the help topic "Setting properties for an ASCII (character-mode) report". You'll want to adjust your layout objects to snap to the grid points of the character grid. You'll also want to use a font that comes closest to the character grid; you can do an Edit->Select All, and then choose, say, Courier, Regular, 12 point.
To get to the objects in the margin area of the report, choose View->Layout Section->Edit Margin. This will put the layout editor in a mode for manipulating only the margin objects. You can see the objects in the body area of the report, but you can't edit them. Then click this menuitem again to go back to editing the objects in the body of the layout.
Hope this helps...
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Hi,
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REP-1219 - 'Field' has no size -- widht or length is zero

I used the additional layout tool to wizardly generate a second group in a report. The heading (tabular-style) didn't fit, so i selected it, and deleted all the characters.
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Hi Ryan,
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Tracey,
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