Finding a Java report writer 1

[trimtrom]

Hello

I am a VB programmer moving to Java.

With VB I always used Crystal Reports as a report writer. I am planning to do some private database Java work, and I was wondering what Java programmers do when they want to produce database reports. I presume that none of the free IDEs such as JBuilder come with a report writer built in.

I am especially interested in free opensource software, as I am a rather penniless programmer. The report software would need to integrate seamlessly with a Java database application, but I haven't decided what database I am going to use yet.

I would be grateful for recommendations for free or very cheap software.

Many thanks,

Trimtrom

 

[jemminger]

jasper reports might be what you need

http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/

-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

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[sedj]

iText (

http://www.lowagie.com/iText/

) is another great API that creates PDFs a bit more programmatically than jasperreports - its a bit more close to the bone as it were, but is more flexible in my opinion.

Not a report writer in itself, but for future reference, JFreeChart (

http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/index.php

)is an excellant API for creating charts and graphs and stuff.

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