Bug 192981 Leading white space get trimmed in PDF&HTML output.
Build ID: The Eclipse bundled with BIRT 2.1.3 designer all in one Steps To Reproduce: 1.Create a new blank report. 2.Setup data source and data set component 3.Insert a List 4.Insert a DataItem into the detail slot of List 5.Set the value expression of DataItem to " " + row["Column1"] 6.Run the report to produce PDF or HTML 7.the leading white space is disappeared in output More information: The leading white space is preserved in BIRT 2.1.1, but get disappeared in BIRT 2.1.3 or later version. We want to know whether it's expected behavior or a bug.
core/org.eclipse.birt.core/src/org/eclipse/birt/core/format/StringFormatter.java
{
			if(dir)
			{
				
				for(int k=lenFormatStr; k<lenPattern; k++)
				{
					if(fstr.charAt(k)!='&')
					{
						throw new ParseException("Unparseable string: \"" + orig.toString() + "\"",
								k);
					}
					orig.append(" "); 
				}
			}
			else
			{
				for(int k=0; k<lenPattern-lenFormatStr; k++)
				{
					if(fstr.charAt(lenPattern-lenFormatStr-k-1)!='&')
					{
						throw new ParseException("Unparseable string: \"" + orig.toString() + "\"",
								0);
					}
					orig.insert(0, " "); 
				}
			}
		}
		else if(lenPattern<lenFormatStr)
		{
			if(dir)