Bug 167267 getParameterDisplayText does not work on MasterPage in PDF
getParameterDisplayText does not seem to work when used on MasterPage. This problem seems to be limited to ReportViewer and PDF format. Table from my testing Deployed to Tomcat View Report in Web Viewer View Report as PDF Format HTML OK OK N/A PDF FAIL FAIL OK Incidentally getParameterDisplayText works fine in all of the above cases if used in footer of table in the report body.
engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/executor/ExecutionContext.java
private IReportContent reportContent;
	/**
	 * the current executed design.
	 */
	private ReportItemDesign design;
	/**
	 * The current content element to be executed or loaded
	 */
	private IContent content;
	
	/**
	 * the current opened result set 
	 */
	private IResultSet rset; 
	/**
	 * A stack of handle objects, with the current one on the top
	 */
	private Stack reportHandles = new Stack( );
	/**
	 * total page
	 */
	private long totalPage;
	/**
	 * current page number
	 */
	private long pageNumber;
	/**
	 * A list of script errors found in onPrepare. These will be added to the
	 * IReportContent, when one is available
	 *