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Java Forum / General / February 2006report writing
Hi, What is everyone using as a report writer for J2EE enterprise solutions? Are there any open source solutions in the works that provide GUI driven layout and text or postscript output? Obviously Crystal reports has a large market share for Windows based reporting but I would prefer a solution that also runs on UNIX. I have used XSLT to transform XML but generating XML is slow, and determining positions and debugging XSLT is painful. What to do? thanks Tim > What is everyone using as a report writer for J2EE enterprise > solutions? Are there any open source solutions in the works that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I have used XSLT to transform XML but generating XML is slow, and > determining positions and debugging XSLT is painful. I am not sure what are you really thinking when saying "report writer". If you're looking for a possibility of generating different output formats from Java take a look at Apache's FOP [1], but it's based on XML and XSLT (because of XSL-FO). And no GUI editor is available, you just have to prepare your document in XML. If you don't like digging in XMLs you can try iText [2], which is really simple in use [3] and generates PDFs . But also - there is no graphical tool to assist you in building the report layout: you have to do it on your own. [1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/ [2] http://www.lowagie.com/iText/ [3] http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/general/index.html#5steps Sorry, if didn't help. Regards,  SignatureMichal loose notes on software engineering: http://nightlybuilds.wordpress.com/ >Hi, > >What is everyone using as a report writer for J2EE enterprise >solutions? Are there any open source solutions in the works that >provide GUI driven layout and text or postscript output? Try iReport <http://ireport.sourceforge.net/>. Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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