Compiling & Viewing Reports

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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.