Compiling & Viewing Reports
Introduction
Generating a print report output from the design is a two step process:
Compiling and
Filling.
Compiling Reports
To compile the design of a new report or a report you have made changes on, first save the design by selecting
Report >
Save then proceed to select
Tools >
Compile from the main menu. The compilation first checks the design for
errors. Any errors will cause it to abort and errors reported. If your report is named
my_report_name then
then the compiled output will be saved in a file named
my_report_name.jasper under a sub directory named
report from the directory where Instant Report is currently running.
Filling Reports
The filling process populates the print report output file with data from the data source. To start the filling, select
Tools >
Fill. If the compiled output file
my_report_name.jasper does not exist, this process aborts. If your report is named
my_report_name then the print report output file will be named
my_report_name.jrprint.
Print Preview
To preview and/or print the print report output file, select
Tools >
Preview.