Information on Jasper Report Plugin

Classic Servoy
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Hi,
I am very interested in the Jasper Report plug in for 3.5 and how it functions in servoy. And have the following questions to any of you guys that have used it.

  1. Does the i-reports designer become available from win in my solution at run time for users to build there own reports?
  2. Can you view the report in servoy, or does it open the jasper report viewer.?
    3)Can I save reports generated in Jasper to PDF, excel and text.?
    4)Does the Jasper report plug in run in a different thread to servoy, so generating reports could be done as a background process?
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  1. Does the i-reports designer become available from win in my solution at run time for users to build there own reports?

iReports is not involved at all. You can choose among several ways on how to create those reports (iReports is just one of them). So the answer is no. The plugin’s purpose is to output reports that were created by whatever tool.

  1. Can you view the report in servoy, or does it open the jasper report viewer.?

The viewer pops open “inside” Servoy (in a new window).

  1. Can I save reports generated in Jasper to PDF, excel and text.?

Not sure about text, but PDF, Excel, HTML and direct printer is possible.

  1. Does the Jasper report plug in run in a different thread to servoy, so generating reports could be done as a background process?

No. The plugin waits for Jasper and then returns the result as far as I know. That could be changed…

It is an excellent way of producing printouts (or PDFs). If you know a bit Java, Jasper can become pretty powerful.

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Hi Patrick,
Thanks for the reply, so does that mean jasper reports needs to be installed separatly on the servoy server ? Or is the bean a complete environment?

It is an excellent way of producing printouts (or PDFs). If you know a bit Java, Jasper can become pretty powerful.

Also how much Java knowledge is required to use the plugin?

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The Jasper report engine is delivered with the plugin, so no extra installs necessary.

There is no Java knowledge required to use the plugin, but Java knowledge helps to unleash the full power of Jasper when creating a report.

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Patrick,
Thanks for your help, it sounds very interesting.

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Where do I get the Jasper REport Plugin for Servoy 3.5?

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Ellen, the Jasper Plug-in for 3.5 is not a part of the distribution as is the one for 4.0.

You will have to ask Servoy for a quote for the 3.5 plugin I guess…

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Thanks Marcel. I emailed sales.

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Ellen,
You can get the plugin from here: http://code.google.com/p/servoy-jasperreports-plugin/
The navigate to the wiki tab to see the blurb and then to the download tab to get the latest!
I use it with 3.5.7 without problem. 8)
Tom