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Java Forum / Databases / May 2004Reporting Tools
I am looking for a Reporting tool, needs to be able to work with Java, preferably written in Java, should be able to produce PDF or postscript files that can be converted to PDF using normal tools (like Ghostscript) , must be able to work in Linux with any JDBC enabled database. Prefer something FREE. Anyone know of such a beast? Paul > I am looking for a Reporting tool, needs to be able to work with Java, > preferably written in Java, should be able to produce PDF or postscript [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Paul Maybe JasperReports? http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/index.html or Datavision http://datavision.sourceforge.net/ or JFreereport http://www.jfree.org/jfreereport/index.html or some free older version of Sunshine Reports (visual front-end to JasperReports) at http://www.pratocity.com/index.jsp?mod=/download/download.jsp Hope this helps, Brgds Herman --------------------------------------------------------------- Suse Linux Professional 8.1 on Athlon 1.1 Ghz 512 Mb Anti Spam = remove the "dot" and the "at" Registered Linux User #264690 Visit us : http://users.skynet.be/herman.timmermans >>I am looking for a Reporting tool, needs to be able to work with Java, >>preferably written in Java, should be able to produce PDF or postscript [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Hope this helps, > Brgds Herman Thanks, Paul > I am looking for a Reporting tool, needs to be able to work with Java, > preferably written in Java, should be able to produce PDF or [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Anyone know of such a beast? What's wrong with generating XML and then using XSLT or XSL-FO?  SignatureForte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B >>I am looking for a Reporting tool, needs to be able to work with Java, >>preferably written in Java, should be able to produce PDF or [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > What's wrong with generating XML and then using XSLT or XSL-FO? It's a major pain in the donkey? I was looking for something in the Crystal Reports vein, but without the requirement of running Windows. Looks like there are a couple, so I'll probably go with those. Paul > What's wrong with generating XML and then using XSLT or XSL-FO? Sounds like an interesting approach to me, but seems hard to get started. SignatureJosef Garvi "Reversing desertification through drought tolerant trees" http://www.eden-foundation.org/ new income - better environment - more food - less poverty > > What's wrong with generating XML and then using XSLT or XSL-FO? > > Sounds like an interesting approach to me, but seems hard to get started. Every time I've considered it, I've bounced, hard. It's an ugly, ugly business IMO. Luke > > > What's wrong with generating XML and then using XSLT or XSL-FO? > > > > Sounds like an interesting approach to me, but seems hard to get started. > > Every time I've considered it, I've bounced, hard. It's an ugly, ugly > business IMO. Hi Luke, We've recently tabled XSL-FO (viz. Apache FOP et al) for investigation as our reporting solution. Can you please share some of your experiences. Kind regards Abdullah > > > > What's wrong with generating XML and then using XSLT or XSL-FO? > > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > We've recently tabled XSL-FO (viz. Apache FOP et al) for investigation as > our reporting solution. Can you please share some of your experiences. Not experiences. More like bloody-minded prejudices. <g> I've always considered XML itself to be a fairly ugly thing. Add on XSLT and XSL:FO, and it raises me to screaming pitch. I would as soon beat myself to death as try to code reports by hand using these execrable standards. OTOH, given a decent front-end UI, I could happily work with them. But given a decent front-end UI, it really wouldn't matter whether we were talking XSL:FO or any given proprietary reporting tool. Long story short, I don't consider XML and XSLT to be truly human-readable, and hence they're not an answer in themselves for any reporting requirement. They might be an acceptable format for a reporting tool to use, but they're not much use just on their own. Luke > Long story short, I don't consider XML and XSLT to be truly human-readable, I agree that once you get a complex document, the namespaces and everything make them really hard to read. > and hence they're not an answer in themselves for any reporting requirement. > They might be an acceptable format for a reporting tool to use, but they're > not much use just on their own. Have you tried Formatting Objects Authoring? http://foa.sourceforge.net/ I haven't done so myself yet, but it's the closest thing to a GUI builder I've come across so far. SignatureJosef Garvi "Reversing desertification through drought tolerant trees" http://www.eden-foundation.org/ new income - better environment - more food - less poverty >I am looking for a Reporting tool, needs to be able to work with Java, >preferably written in Java, should be able to produce PDF or postscript >files that can be converted to PDF using normal tools (like Ghostscript) >, must be able to work in Linux with any JDBC enabled database. Prefer >something FREE. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/acrobat.html These sorts of tools tend to be expensive. One way to get PS is just to use any reporting package and hook it up to a generic PS printer driver, and capture the output to a file. see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/reportgenerator.html The Adobe people I think have a printer driver for windows that captures PDF files. SignatureCanadian Mind Products, Roedy Green. Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary. Paul, I just noticed your post. We have developed a report generator that might meet your requirements: 1. written in Java 2. can produce PDF-formatted reports 3. not free, but if you are willing to become a beta-tester, you can have a full production license for free 4. has an API to be called from your apps 5. can incorporate your own Java code Not sure what databases it must support for you; we have 5, plus MySQL coming within a couple of days. I announced it on this NG a few days ago, but you probably missed it the same way I missed your post. If interested, you can find it here: www.gestalt.com/Scribe Login: guest Password: star Regards, Alex Molochnikov Gestalt Corporation > I am looking for a Reporting tool, needs to be able to work with Java, > preferably written in Java, should be able to produce PDF or postscript [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Paul Paul, I just noticed your post. We have developed a report generator that might meet your requirements: 1. written in Java 2. can produce PDF-formatted reports 3. not free, but if you are willing to become a beta-tester, you can have a full production license for free 4. has an API to be called from your apps 5. can incorporate your own Java code Not sure what databases it must support for you; we have 5, plus MySQL coming within a couple of days. I announced it on this NG a few days ago, but you probably missed it the same way I missed your post. If interested, you can find it here: www.gestalt.com/Scribe Login: guest Password: star Regards, Alex Molochnikov Gestalt Corporation > I am looking for a Reporting tool, needs to be able to work with Java, > preferably written in Java, should be able to produce PDF or postscript [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Paul Oops... Sorry for the duplicate post. That's what happens when Outlook Express acts up... 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