JasperReports 1.2.8 review

License: LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Teodor Danciu

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JasperReports is a powerful open source Java reporting tool that has the ability to deliver rich content onto the screen, to the printer or into PDF, HTML, XLS, CSV and XML files.

It is entirely written in Java and can be used in a variety of Java enabled applications, including J2EE or Web applications, to generate dynamic content.

JasperReports is main purpose is to help creating page oriented, ready to print documents in a simple and flexible manner.

Here are some key features of "JasperReports":
Report Design
Header Sections
Footer Sections
Columns
Groups
Calculations
Text format
Images

What's New in This Release:
support for sorting the data source using new tags in JRXML;
if such tags are present, an intermediate JRSortableDataSource will wrap the initial report data source and perform in-memory sorting before the records are fed into the report filling process;
upside down text rotation;
new report template property (formatFactoryClass) and built-in parameter (REPORT_FORMAT_FACTORY) to allow the use of custom date and number formatters;
new exporter parameter (FORCE_SVG_SHAPES) and configuration property (net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.graphics.shapes) to disable the rendering of SVG images using shapes in PDF and reduce file size;
new exporter parameter (MINIMIZE_PRINTER_JOB_SIZE) and configuration property (net.sf.jasperreports.export.graphics2d.min.job.size) to disable the printer job size optimization and allow full support for bidirectional writing;
new exporter parameter (FORMAT_PATTERNS_MAP) to allow translating the text field patterns to XLS exporter specific cell format patterns;
minor bug fixes and improvements;