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<h1>Reporting With JasperReports</h1><p><a href="http://jasperforge.org/sf/projects/jasperreports">JasperReports</a>
is an open-source java-based reporting system. JasperReports can be easily
integrated with any Java desktop application and has the ability to deliver
rich content onto the screen, to the printer or into PDF, HTML, XLS, CSV and
XML files.</p>
<p>More information about JasperReports including tutorial,
reference and examples, can be obtained from its <a href="http://jasperforge.org/sf/projects/jasperreports">official web-site</a>. </p>
<p>This chapter will help you to start using JasperReports with
your db4o database.</p>
<p>Before you proceed, you will need to <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/jasperreports/">download</a>
JasperReports. Check the full list of system requirements <a href="http://jasperforge.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.jasperreports/wiki/Requirements">here</a>.
For the examples discussed in this chapter you will only need to ensure that:</p>
<ul><li>you have JRE5 or higher installed;</li><li>you have the following apache jars: commons-digester.jar,
commons-collections.jar, commons-logging.jar, commons-beanutils.jar;</li><li>you have iText library version 1.3 or higher.</li></ul>
<p>It is recommended to use <a href="http://jasperforge.org/sf/projects/ireport">iReport</a> designer with
JasperReports for an easy visual report design, however it is not required for
this tutorial.</p>
<p><div class="childTopicList">More Reading:<ul>
<li><p><a href="reporting_with_jasperreports/report_structure.html" class="wikiLink">Report Structure</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="reporting_with_jasperreports/data_source.html" class="wikiLink">Data Source</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="reporting_with_jasperreports/data_preparation.html" class="wikiLink">Data Preparation</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="reporting_with_jasperreports/report_design.html" class="wikiLink">Report Design</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="reporting_with_jasperreports/report_generation.html" class="wikiLink">Report Generation</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="reporting_with_jasperreports/objectdatasource.html" class="wikiLink">ObjectDataSource</a></p></li>
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