Re: Next assignment - Reports

[Scott Johnson <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just checking if you were 'running' the JasperReports from the i5 or using 
the JasperServer.

I do believe that the JasperServer comes into play when you want a web 
front-end for running reports.  Don't think that will run from the i5 though.

I look forward to checking out what you have done.

-- ScottJ

Pete Helgren wrote:
> I am going to release it this morning, Mountain Time (promise!)
>
> If I understand your question correctly, the Jasper engine is called 
> from RPG and runs in a JVM that is instantiated for the life of report 
> creation (job) and then the JVM is destroyed when the job ends. If you 
> are asking where do you get the RPG Report Engine, I'll release it both 
> to my Pete's Workshop web site at the same time I post it to 
> OpenSource4i.com and I'll post those links here and at midrange.com.
>
> Why would I create a "designer" when one already exists?  There is a 
> "transition area" between a designer like iReport and "prompt and run" 
> solution where all the user can do is to choose the values for selection 
> on the report.  In some cases, a designer that allows column selection, 
> breaking, sorting and some basic formatting options without all the 
> bells and whistles of something like iReport can be a highly useful 
> tool.  I haven't thought beyond the basics but I may just scale back 
> iReport to a few essential functions and release that as the SWT 
> version.  The HTML version is needed for the web centric world we live in.
>
> Like any open source project, we'll have to see how this unfolds.  I 
> post more in a bit.
>
> Pete