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The Definitive Guide to iReport
of: Giulio Toffoli
Apress, 2008
ISBN: 9781430205234 , 352 Pages
Format: PDF, Read online
Copy protection: DRM
Contents at a Glance
5
Contents
6
Foreword
13
About the Author
14
Acknowledgments
15
Introduction
16
Features of iReport
16
iReport Community
17
Downloading the Code
17
Getting Started
18
Requirements
18
Downloading iReport
18
Compiling iReport
19
Setting Up the Start and Base Configuration
19
Creating a JDBC Connection
24
Creating Your First Report
26
Specifying Startup Command-Line Options
30
Basic Notions of JasperReports
32
Understanding the Report Life Cycle
32
JRXML Sources and Jasper Files
33
Datasources and Print Formats
36
Compatibility Between Versions
37
Report Expressions
38
Using Groovy As a Language for Expressions
39
A Simple Program Using JasperReports
39
Report Structure
41
Document Sections (Bands) Overview
41
Specifying Report Properties
43
Report Elements
56
Inserting and Selecting Elements in a Report
57
Managing Elements with the Elements Tree
64
Basic Element Attributes
65
Graphic Element Attributes
67
Text Element Attributes
74
A Brief Look at Subreports
80
Working with Frames
82
Special Elements
83
Adding Hyperlinks to Elements
85
Fonts and Styles
88
Working with Fonts
88
Working with Styles
91
A Word About Report Fonts
96
Fields, Parameters, and Variables
97
Working with Fields
98
Working with Parameters
103
Working with Variables
108
Bands and Groups
111
Modifying Bands
111
Working with Groups
113
Subreports
122
Creating a Subreport
122
Linking a Subreport to the Parent Report
122
A Step-by-Step Example
125
Returning Values from a Subreport
133
Using the Subreport Wizard
135
Datasources and Query Executers
139
How a JasperReports Datasource Works
139
Understanding Datasources and Connections in iReport
140
Creating and Using JDBC Connections
142
Fields Registration
145
Sorting and Filtering Records
146
Using JavaBeans Set Datasources
146
Using XML Datasources
150
Using Remote XML File Datasources
160
Using CSV Datasources
161
Using JREmptyDataSource
163
Using HQL and Hibernate Connections
163
Understanding the JRDataSource Interface
167
How to Implement a New JRDataSource
167
Using a Personalized JRDataSource with iReport
169
Using MDX and OLAP (Mondrian) Connections
172
Working with an XML/A Connection
178
Using an EJBQL Connection
182
Importing and Exporting Datasources
187
JasperReports Datasource Providers
188
Creating Custom Languages and Query Executers
190
Working with a Fields Provider
195
Creating Custom iReport Connections
199
Internationalization
203
Using a Resource Bundle Base Name
203
Retrieving Localized Strings
205
Formatting Messages
206
Deploying Localized Reports
206
Running a Report Using a Specific Locale and Time Zone
206
Scriptlets
208
Understanding the JRAbstractScriptlet Class
208
Scriptlet Handling in iReport
210
Deploying Reports That Use Scriptlets
212
Templates
213
Template Structure Overview
213
Using a Custom Template
216
Putting Templates into JAR Files
218
Charts
220
Creating a Simple Chart
220
Using Datasets
227
Value Hyperlinks
227
Properties of Charts
227
Subdatasets
229
Creating a Subdataset
229
Creating Dataset Runs
232
Working Through an Example Subdataset
233
Crosstabs
240
Using the Crosstab Wizard
240
Working with Columns, Rows, and Cells
245
Understanding Measures
252
Modifying Crosstab Element Properties
253
Working with Crosstab Data
255
Using Crosstab Total Variables
256
Other Interface Components
259
Using the Document Structure Panel and the Object Library
260
Understanding the Log Window
264
Understanding the Thread List
264
Using Rules and Magnetic Guidelines
265
Plug-Ins and Additional Tools
267
Plug-In Configuration XML File Overview
268
Working with the it.businesslogic.ireport.plugin.IReportPlugin Class
270
Deploying a Plug-In As a JAR File
273
Using the Massive Compiler Plug-In
273
Using the Text Wizard Plug-In
274
Using the Oracle Options Plug-In
275
Using the Check for iReport Updates Plug-In
275
Using the Translation Status Plug-In
276
Solutions to Common Problems
280
Error Handling
280
Printing Large Reports Using Report Virtualizer
280
Printing a Percentage
281
Counting Occurrences of a Group
282
Splitting the Detail Band
285
Inserting Additional Pages
285
Retrieving Data Using Multiple Connections
288
Using Stored Procedures
289
iReport Options
292
Configuring General Options
292
Configuring Compiler Options
293
Configuring Backup Options
294
Configuring External Programs
295
Extending the Classpath
295
Configuring Export Options
296
Creating Custom Expressions (Formulas)
297
GNU General Public License
298
The GNU General Public License
298
DTD Definitions
303
jaspereport.dtd (v.1.3.4)
303
iReportProperties.dtd
317
iReportPlugin.dtd
317
iReportFilesList.dtd
318
iReport and JasperReports Versions
319
Index
320
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