Java Reporting

http://jasperforge.org/projects/

http://jasperforge.org/projects/jasperreports – The world’s most powerful and widely used embeddable Java reporting library for report designers and developers. [getting started]

prompt> cd \program files
prompt> cd jasperreports-<ver>\demo\samples
prompt> dir
prompt> cd barbecue
prompt> ant –p
prompt> ant  javac
– Compiles the java source files of the test application
prompt> ant compile
– Compiles the XML report design and produces the .jasper file
prompt> ant fill
– Fills the compiled report design with data and produces the .jrprint file.
prompt> ant viewDesign

http://jasperforge.org/projects/ireport – iReport gives administrators and report designers total control over the contents as well as the look and feel of every report

Jasper reports includes some nice samples and tutorials:

http://jasperforge.org/uploads/publish/jasperreportswebsite/trunk/tutorial.html

http://jasperforge.org/uploads/publish/jasperreportswebsite/trunk/samples.html
Studio

http://www.jaspersoft.com/sites/default/files/jw-presentations/JW11_JaspersoftStudioinAction_GiulioToffoli.pdf