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.tests/test/org/eclipse/birt/core/format/StringFormatterTest.java
assertEquals( "123 ", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@@@" );
		assertEquals( "123456", sampleStr.format( "123456" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@@@!" );
		assertEquals( "123456", sampleStr.format( "123456" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "(@@)@@@" );
		assertEquals( "(  )123", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "&&&&!" );
		assertEquals( "123", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "&&&&&&" );
		assertEquals( "123", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@@&!" );
		assertEquals( "123", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "&@@@&!" );
		assertEquals( "123 ", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@@&" );
		assertEquals( " 123", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@@@@aaa!" );
		assertEquals( "123  aaa", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@aaa!" );
		assertEquals( "12aaa3", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@aaa&&&!" );
		assertEquals( "12aaa3", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@@@@aaa>!" );
		assertEquals( "123  aaa", sampleStr.format( "123" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@@@<!" );
		assertEquals( "1234fggggg", sampleStr.format( "1234fggggg" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@@@<!" );
		assertEquals( "1234fggggg", sampleStr.format( "1234fggGgG" ) );
		sampleStr.applyPattern( "@@@@>!" );