http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:21:42 -0400 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61710 Custom datasources let you work around what data you feed in (sometimes with great difficulity). But it doesn't help at all when you want a layout other than the standard report/page header, table, page/report footer.

...]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:21:20 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:21:20 -0500 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:21:20 -0500 Feb 2, 2011 DavidThi 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61710 To be fair, JasperReports allows you to work around almost all the issues in the list by using custom data sources. We have almost given up on using visual designers, but manually generating JasperReports XML is more trouble than it's worth.

...]]> Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:23:40 -0500 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:23:40 -0500 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:23:40 -0500 Jan 29, 2011 Alex Besogonov 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61710 Banded reports have been the standard for a long time. In the article Banded Reports are Evil, the point is made that oftimes they are used when...]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:34:06 -0500 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:34:06 -0500 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:34:06 -0500 Jan 26, 2011 DavidThi 2