Chapter 10. Graphical Report Design with iReport
So far, we have been creating all our reports by writing JRXML templates by hand. JasperSoft, the company behind JasperReports, offers a graphical report designer called iReport. iReport allows us to design reports graphically by dragging report elements into a report template and by using its graphical user interface to set report attributes.
iReport started as an independent project by Giulio Toffoli. JasperSoft recognized the popularity of iReport and, in October 2005, hired Giulio Toffoli and made iReport the official report designer for JasperSoft. Like JasperReports, iReport is also open source. It is licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL).
In 2008, iReport was rewritten to take advantage ...
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