ireport 3.7 Learn how to use ireport to create, design, format, and export reports Shamsuddin Ahammad - PUBLISHING - 1 BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

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1 ireport 3.7 Learn how to use ireport to create, design, format, and export reports Shamsuddin Ahammad - PUBLISHING - 1 BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

2 Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to ireport 7 ireport features 8 Simple to use GUI 8 Report designer and tools 10 Data sources 14 Report templates 16 Export and preview 17 ireport Classic vs ireport NB 17 Downloading and installing ireport 17 References Chapter 2: Building Your First Report 19 Creating a connection/data source 19 Building your first report 23 Viewing and exporting the report Chapter 3: Report Layout and Formatting 33 Setting up the report pages 34 Configuring the page format 34 Page size 36 Configuring properties 36 What are the different checkboxes? 38 When there is no data 38 Configuring bands, formatting reports and elements 40 Showing/hiding bands and inserting elements 41 Sizing elements 44 Positioning elements 45

3 Handling null values Font settings Creating text field pattern Setting borders Using tools for current date and inserting page numbers Chapter 4: Using Variables Reviewing the database tables Creating a basic report Adding variables Adding total variable Adding a grand total Chapter 5: Using Parameters What is a parameter? Adding parameters in the SalesDetails report Using more than one parameter Chapter 6: Grouping Data in Reports Building a Group by report Modifying group properties Managing report groups Variables for the group Chapter 7: Subreports Creating a subreport Creating the master report Creating the subreport Returning values from the subreport Using an existing report as a subreport Compiling a report Chapter 8: Crosstab Reports Understanding a crosstab report Creating a crosstab report Formatting crosstab elements [II]

4 Table of Con ten ts Chapter 9: Charting 131 Developing a pie chart report 131 Developing a 3D pie chart report 137 Developing a bar chart report Chapter 10: Working with Images 143 Displaying an image from the database 143 Scaling images 148 Displaying images from the hard drive 150 Setting a background image Chapter 11: Calling Reports from Java Applications 155 Downloading and installing NetBeans 155 Creating a project in NetBeans 155 Creating the ireport viewer class 158 Adding JasperReports API in the NetBeans project 159 Creating the viewer class 162 Accessing the database 169 Filling the report with data 170 Viewing the report 170 Calling the viewer class 170 Creating GUI with menus 171 Calling a report without a parameter 175 Calling a report with a parameter 177 Calling reports from a web application Chapter 12: ireport in NetBeans 185 Installing ireport plugins in NetBeans 185 Creating reports 189 Creating a NetBeans database JDBC connection 189 Creating a report data source 191 Creating a simple report 193 Creating a parameterized report Appendix: A Sample Database 201 Designing the database 201 List of entities 201 Data dictionary 202 Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) 206 [iii]

5 Installing MySQL and GUI tools 207 Configuring MySQL Server Instance 208 Creating a database 210 Backing up and restoring database 214 Backing up the database. 214 Restoring the database 216 Index 217 [iv]