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You can fairly easy achieve text vertically aligned at top by using isPrintRepeatedValues=”false”, setting borders correctly (only top, using empty cell with only left, adding line to columnFooter). To achieve “text vertically aligned at center” use a subreport for the other columns and set stretchType=”RelativeToBandHeight” on your rowspan column. Note you need in this case … Read more

Parameters are simple input to JasperReports. You have to define parameters in the JasperReport before using them. You can display the value of the variable, you can use it as part of boolean expressions and you can even pass it to subreports. This can be an input to SQL query. Fields are simple variable definitions. … Read more

You can use 3 textField elements with isRemoveLineWhenBlank property set to true value. The sample (jrxml file): <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <jasperReport .. topMargin=”0″ bottomMargin=”0″> <parameter name=”parameter1″ class=”java.lang.String”> <defaultValueExpression><![CDATA[null]]></defaultValueExpression> </parameter> <parameter name=”parameter2″ class=”java.lang.String”> <defaultValueExpression><![CDATA[null]]></defaultValueExpression> </parameter> <parameter name=”parameter3″ class=”java.lang.String”> <defaultValueExpression><![CDATA[null]]></defaultValueExpression> </parameter> <title> <band height=”102″ splitType=”Stretch”> <textField isBlankWhenNull=”true”> <reportElement x=”163″ y=”9″ width=”100″ height=”20″ isRemoveLineWhenBlank=”true”/> <box> <topPen lineWidth=”1.0″/> <leftPen … Read more

You can add borders with help of GUI designer (iReport, for example) or you can add the box element manually (edit the jrxml file) like in this sample: <textField> <reportElement x=”29″ y=”17″ width=”100″ height=”20″/> <box> <topPen lineWidth=”1.0″/> <leftPen lineWidth=”1.0″/> <bottomPen lineWidth=”1.0″/> <rightPen lineWidth=”1.0″/> </box> <textElement/> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{field}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> In iReport you can use “Padding And Borders” … Read more

Use an Element Key Filter. The quote from JR Ultimate Guide: This built-in filter implementations excludes from export elements that match a given element key. Element keys are set at report design time and are propagated into generated reports. Each element in a filled report has the same key as the element from the report … Read more

Jaspersoft Studio, 6+ For Jaspersoft Studio v6, or if the first page number is duplicated, try this solution, which uses $V{MASTER_CURRENT_PAGE} and $V{MASTER_TOTAL_PAGE} with an evaluation time of Master. Jaspersoft Studio For other versions of Jaspersoft Studio, try the steps outlined in the subsequent subsections. Create Variable Create a variable as follows: Create a variable … Read more

I have found the answer. The key to the solution is grouping the elements inside a row together. Remove all the static text labels. Use text fields instead, with the text in quotes. They can be grouped with other text fields and data fields. Put all the data fields after the quoted text field in … Read more