Project description
iReport is a powerful, intuitive and
easy to use visual report designer for JasperReports
written for Win32 platforms in Visual J++.
iReport allows users to visually edit XML JasperDesign
files and can communicate with any database via JDBC.
Current version
Current version is the iReport 0.1.0 (April 19, 2003). Please report comments and bugs on iReport discussion forum. For me it's very importat know who use iReport. Thanks!
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I'm happy to help all similar company: if you are a society interested urgently to particular new features of iReport or special support, don't hesitate to contact me at gt@businesslogic.it.
iReport is not sold as commercial software, but I supply direct technical support to companies that demand it.
About this release (0.1.0): SPECIAL THANKS TO Tecnes Milano
- Added support for all new tags of jasperreports 0.4.6
+ Background band support
+ vAlign and hAlign for image elements
- Rewrited the report font handler. Now it's possible specify
the font name
- Incremental save of font section based on reportFont (if selected one)
- Fixed Image Bug - bug 721130,711222,708878,705757
- Fixed not correctly saveing of font - bug 713335
- Fixed Close of database window - bug 711266
- Added bin\templates missed in the previous version - bug 705428
- Added compatibility features for jasperreports 0.4.6
Todo list
There are many things to do and to improve. Some of these are:
-Improve functions to IReportCompiler for use custom datasource for preview
-Support for element grouping
Community
Public forums:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=64348
Mailing lists:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=64348
Thanks to...
...all people who download and use this program. Special thanks to
- Teodor Danciu for your great JasperReports
- Dominique Gallot for your great features and support for iReport development
- Jackie Manning for your Designer for Jasper from which I have copied many functionalities ;-)
- Mihai Gheorghiu for great work of debugging and testing iReport
- Tecnes Milano S.R.L. that has economically supported some important features
New functions in release (0.0.9): SPECIAL THANKS TO DOMINIQUE GALLOT (zovi)
- Added light gray border to ImageElement
- Added light red border on band overflow
- Set tab order on Properties Windows
- Set tab order on Report properties Windows and on most windows
- Will ask to save unsaved report --- Bug 645285
- Copy & Past works for all common fields ( transparency, ... ) --- Bug 682186
- Field description was not loaded ! -- Bug 675794
- Field parameter windows and parameter/field/variable window start in the center of the screen.
- Support for multi selection properties editing...
- Added ContextMenu in report form .. Send to Back, to Front , properties
- the latest seleted tab in the properties element is now selected if possible.
- Short cut to open a sub report -- Request ???
- Added support for cmd line arguments
-f file can open several files now !
-h show this
- Support for the old cmd line arguments kept!
- Added support for compatibility with jasper report version before 0.4.5, via compatibility form
- Will use a CDATA in the XML file only when needed.
- Properties file 'expressions.properties' Added. Entries in this file will be added in the expression editor !
New functions in release (0.0.8):
- Rewrited code to read database fields in 100% pure java Compatible with
all JDBC drivers; from this release, is not more useful adding jdbc jar
or classes to MSJVM classpath because the jdk is used to access DB
- Added support for JasperReports 0.4.5 (text vertical alignment, ellipeses,
round rectangles)
- Fixed some problems with the classpath
- Added drag and drop feature for opening file dragging in iReport main form
- fixed Slow to read fields using M$ SQLServer (Bug ID 675409 by gt78)
- fixed CP1252 instead of Cp1252 in reportFont (Bug ID 675677 by gt78)
- fixed Can't delete variables (Bug ID 676668 by gt78)
New functions in release (0.0.7):
- Added a new elements browser
- Added buttons to toolbar, toolbar code rewrited
- Fixed imageExpression bug (Request ID 633503)
- Added undo for keyboard actions (Request ID 633727 by hlipka)
- Some problem with task switching solved (Request ID 633732 by hlipka)
- Now preview can handle parameters (Request ID 634339 by rjst)
- Fixed right margin bug (Request ID 634703 by gt78)
- Fixed subreport connection property not saved bug (Request ID 634884 by gt78)
- Copy behavior (Request ID 638259 by ahallez)
- Query with CR LF are now well loaded (Request ID 638941 by zovi)
- Field description is now loaded (Request ID 638942 by zovi)
- Tab order of dialog is now (in most cases) consitent (Request ID 638946 by zovi)
- You can be specify in options to draw a light line around the field
(Request ID 638948-638949-638950 by zovi)
- Group delete now work (Request ID 644782 by zovi)
- Subreport connection setting is now saved (Request ID 645196 by zovi)
- iReport is now able to open a read-only file (Request ID 645620 by zovi)
- stretchType of graphic element is now saved (Request ID 645748 by sley)
- Subreport xml is now correctly generation (Request ID 651568 by pedak)
- When a group is inserted/modified/deleted or margin settings change, all elements
are now correctly repositioned
- Encoding Windows 1251 is now supported 636484 by dnikolov)
- Native UTF format is now used (I hope this not rapresent a problem with win9x,
Request ID 640003)
- Added Support for printWhenExpression element (Request ID 643477 by mperin)
- Added some suggestions for improvement (Request ID 655113 ny mrhodes2)
New functions in release (0.0.6):
- Added a jasperreports expression editor with syntax highlighting Very cool!
- Added new Wizard function for creating columnar reports Very cool!
- New AMS (accidental movement system). Disable movement of element with the mouse (See fig.4)
- Added support for reportFont and some other tag (88% of tags is now supported)
- Added support for Chinese Simplified, Chinese traditional, Japanese and Korean (you must download the Asian font pack from Adobe at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrasianfontpack.html or use a localized Windows)
- Fixed the bug of the disperation: Cursor.init() is not more a problem!!!!
- Added support for HTML, CSV and XLS preview (using jasperReports 0.4.3)
- From this version JasperReports jar files are shipped with iReport
New functions in this release (0.0.5):
- Added support for hyperLinks and some other tag (88% of tags is now supported)
- Rewrited the directory dialog
- Added support for XML encoding
New functions in release (0.0.4):
- Improved font handler (support for TTF added)
- Added Wizard tool for create reports This is a really great tool for creating a complex document with up to 4 grouping levels in two minutes! Try it!!!!
- Added support for templates (to use with wizard)
- Added SHIFT resize mode (try it selecting two adjacent elements)
- Completed handling for all jasperReport element attributes
- Added external editor support
- A few minor speed improvements and bug fix
Functions in old release (0.0.3):
- Rewrote font handler (support for builtin iText fonts)
- Added MRU menu list
- Added support for subreports
- Completed handling for all reportElement attribute list
- Added options panel
- Added support for files backup
- Added new format tools
- Added support for zero height band dragging (using ALT key)
- Added compile only mode for IReportCompiler
- Added tooltips on toolbar buttons
- Added support for default template document
- Rules could now be shown in inches
- Improved graphics routines
- Fixed bug for path with a blank space
- A few minor speed improvements
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