Guess, this is more suiting to my problem. Thanks for the information. Laxmi
--- Joe Plautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry I'm late to the party. > > I've been working with jasperreports from > sourceforge the last couple of > weeks to create reports in PDF. It also has the > ability to create an > excel spreadsheet as well, although I haven't used > it yet. Using it in > conjunction with iReports, also from sourceforge, > you can have a report > in minutes. I would recommend using it to anyone. > > Joe > > Mike Curwen wrote: > > you should consider using POI, if you need > Excel-only features like "footer > > repeated on every page". > > > > Specifically: > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/hssf/quick-guide.html#HeaderFooter > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: U K Laxmi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 9:53 AM > >>To: Tomcat Users List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: Free reporting s/w that works with > apache+tomcat > >> > >> > >>Thank you for the information. > >> > >>What i mean by header & footer is, column headers > and > >>some information like model number, date and > approval > >>signature columns etc.. to appear in every page > when > >>they take hard copy of the report. Is such a thing > >>possible? Pls inform. > >> > >>The end user of the application doesn't want any > >>manual intervention. When he click on 'Export to > >>Excel' button in the web application HTML report, > he > >>want the excel file get downloded (file dialog box > >>appears & he save it to his local disk) which has > all > >>header & footer information set. Currently my > >>application can provide header once at the top of > the > >>report and footer (approval columns & date) at the > >>very bottom of the report. THe column headings & > >>approval columns doesn't appear on every page. > >> > >>I'm unable to ahcieve this in web (HTML). It i cna > do > >>it in web, when i download that in excel, it will > >>show. Do you know any work around for this? Pls > >>inform. > >> > >>Thank you. > >>Laxmi > >> > >>--- "Frank W. Zammetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>CSV files don't generally contain header and > footer > >> > >>information... you > >> > >>>can get column headers in the first row, that's > >>>about it. I don't > >>>believe DataVision will export to Excel natively, > >>>but check the docs in > >>>case I'm wrong. > >>> > >>>Do you really mean header and footer in the sense > of > >>>a Word document? > >>>It's a bit unusual to have such a thing in an > Excel > >>>document (although > >>>not at all unheard of), so I'm wondering if maybe > >>>you mean something a > >>>little different, i.e., maybe just column headers > >>>and some sort of totals? > >>> > >>>Frank > >>> > >>>U K Laxmi wrote: > >>> > >>>>Thank you for the information. I read your > report > >>> > >>>and > >>> > >>>>it looks interesting. I went to DataVision web > >>> > >>>site > >>> > >>>>and found that it can export comma separated > files > >>> > >>>ie. > >>> > >>>>CSV file. Will it be possible to retain header > and > >>>>footer information with a .CSV file? I basically > >>> > >>>want > >>> > >>>>excel files as the report output. B'coz the end > >>> > >>>user > >>> > >>>>needs to send to those reports to it's vendors. > >>> > >>>Excel > >>> > >>>>is the most desired format for them. Pls give > your > >>>>feedback on this before i start implementing on > >>> > >>>this. > >>> > >>>>Thank you. > >>>> > >>>>--- "Frank W. Zammetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>>wrote: > >>> > >>>>>Take a look at DataVision. I think you'll like > >>> > >>>it. > >>> > >>>>>I wrote an article > >>>>>a while back specifically dealing with using it > in > >>>>>web applications. > >>>>>Although the article uses servlets and you say > >>> > >>>your > >>> > >>>>>using JSPs (just > >>>>>JSP's?) it should still be applicable. > >>>>> > >>>>>http://www.omnytex.com/articles > >>>>> > >>>>>Feel free to ping me if you decide to use it > and > >>>>>need some help getting > >>>>>going beyond the article and included > >>> > >>>documentation. > >>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>Frank W. Zammetti > >>>>>Founder and Chief Software Architect > >>>>>Omnytex Technologies > >>>>>http://www.omnytex.com > >>>>> > >>>>>U K Laxmi wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>I'm developing a web application using > >>>>> > >>>>>apache+tomcat > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>on windows 2000 machine. I'm using Ms Access > 2003 > >>>>> > >>>>>as > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>the backend. I'm using JSP for developing web > >>>>>>application. I'm developing some web based > >>> > >>>reports > >>> > >>>>>in > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>HTML. But when i export them to Excel, it > doesn't > >>>>> > >>>>>look > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>exactly same as that of HTML report. Moreover > i > === message truncated === Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
