OpenReports is a web based reporting application that allow users to
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JasperReports, a popular, full-featured open source report-generating library, uses XML report templates to generate reports you can display on the screen, send to a printer, or save as a PDF document. In this inaugural Open Source Profile column, Erik Swenson introduces the JasperReports library and explains how to integrate JasperReports into your applications. (900 words; September 20, 2002)

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1. Introductiontop���JasperReports is a powerful open source 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 to generate dynamic content.�Its main purpose is to help creating page oriented, ready to print documents in a simple and flexible manner.��JasperReports organizes data retrieved from a relational database through JDBC according to the report design defined in an XML file. In order to fill a report with data, the report design must be compiled first.

JasperReports - Tutorial

Sensiba, a 100% web based, firewall friendly, pure Java reporting tool
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