use jasper reports with ireports ( GUI ) for jasper ... very nice :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "U K Laxmi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 3:47 AM Subject: Re: Free reporting s/w that works with apache+tomcat
> 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
