I faced some problem while working in last project. I want to share some tricks which I used in jasper report and in dynamic jasper.
1. Add combination of string and parameter/field value in textfield dynamically. Normally we put in expression either field/parameter value or string. If we are going to set String with field/parameter value then its little bit tricky. It always create trouble for me while try to insert expression.
Here is a scenario how we generate jasper design.
public JasperDesign createDesign() throws JRException {
JasperDesign jasperDesign = new JasperDesign();
/*Set basic design of page.*/
jasperDesign.setName("sampleDynamicJasperDesign");
jasperDesign.setPageWidth(595); // page width
jasperDesign.setPageHeight(842); // page height
jasperDesign.setColumnWidth(515); // column width of page
jasperDesign.setColumnSpacing(0);
jasperDesign.setLeftMargin(40);
jasperDesign.setRightMargin(40);
jasperDesign.setTopMargin(20);
jasperDesign.setBottomMargin(20);
JRDesignExpression expression = new JRDesignExpression();
//Set style of page.
JRDesignStyle normalStyle = new JRDesignStyle();
normalStyle.setName("Sans_Normal");
normalStyle.setDefault(true);
normalStyle.setFontName("DejaVu Sans");
normalStyle.setFontSize(12);
normalStyle.setPdfFontName("Helvetica");
normalStyle.setPdfEncoding("Cp1252");
normalStyle.setPdfEmbedded(false);
jasperDesign.addStyle(normalStyle);
/*
* Generate field dynamically
* */
JRDesignField field = new JRDesignField();
field.setName("firstName");
field.setValueClass(String.class);
jasperDesign.addField(field);
field = new JRDesignField();
field.setName("lastName"); // set name for field.
field.setValueClass(String.class); // set class for field. Its always depends upon data type which we want to get in this field.
jasperDesign.addField(field); // Added field in design.
field = new JRDesignField();
field.setName("age");
field.setValueClass(Integer.class);
jasperDesign.addField(field);
JRDesignBand band = new JRDesignBand();
//Title Band
band = new JRDesignBand();
band.setHeight(30);
JRDesignStaticText staticText = new JRDesignStaticText();
staticText.setText("Person's Specification");
staticText.setX(0);
staticText.setY(0);
staticText.setHeight(20);
staticText.setWidth(515);
staticText.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignEnum.CENTER);
band.addElement(staticText);
jasperDesign.setTitle(band);
// Detail Band
band = new JRDesignBand(); // New band
band.setHeight(20); // Set band height
/*Create text field dynamically*/
JRDesignTextField textField = new JRDesignTextField();
textField.setX(0); // x position of text field.
textField.setY(0); // y position of text field.
textField.setWidth(160); // set width of text field.
textField.setHeight(20); // set height of text field.
JRDesignExpression jrExpression = new JRDesignExpression(); // new instanse of expression. We need create new instance always when need to set expression.
jrExpression.setText(""" + "First Name: " + """ + "+" + "$F{firstName}"); // Added String before field in expression.
textField.setExpression(jrExpression); // set expression value in textfield.
band.addElement(textField); // Added element in textfield.
textField = new JRDesignTextField();
textField.setX(160);
textField.setY(0);
textField.setWidth(160);
textField.setHeight(20);
jrExpression = new JRDesignExpression();
jrExpression.setText("$F{lastName}" + "+" + """ + " :Last Name" + """); // Added string after field value
textField.setExpression(jrExpression);
band.addElement(textField);
textField = new JRDesignTextField();
textField.setX(320);
textField.setY(0);
textField.setWidth(160);
textField.setHeight(20);
jrExpression = new JRDesignExpression();
String age = """ + "<font>" + """ + "+" + """ + "Age is: " + """ + "+" + """ + "</font><font>" + """ + "+" + "$F{age}" + "+" + """ + "</font>" + """; // added html in text field with different color.
jrExpression.setText(age);
textField.setExpression(jrExpression);
textField.setMarkup("html"); // By Default markup is none, We need to set it as html if we set expression as html.
band.addElement(textField);
((JRDesignSection) jasperDesign.getDetailSection()).addBand(band);
return jasperDesign;
}
Here is explanation how we insert value in textfield expression.
First scenario for String with field.
JRDesignExpression jrExpression = new JRDesignExpression(); // new instanse of expression. We need create new instance always when need to set expression.
jrExpression.setText(""" + "First Name: " + """ + "+" + "$F{firstName}"); // Added String
before field in expression.
When we write expression then at the end of the day It looks like this in reportExpression:
"First Name: " + $F{firstName}
Thats makes sense for textfield expression.
Second scenario:
String age = """ + "<font>" + """ + "+" + """ + "Age is: " + """ + "+" + """ + "</font><font>" + """ + "+" + "$F{age}" + "+" + """ + "</font>" + """; // added html in text field with different color.
jrExpression.setText(age);
It will show in textfieldExpression:
"<font color="#66FF33">"+"Age is: "+"</font><font color="#6600FF">"+$F{age}+"</font>"
Hope it will help you to add expression in text field.
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