Re: Next assignment - Reports

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

RPG Report Engine i just JasperReports API's wrapped in RPG.  All 
running on the i of course, since it is the only OS that can run RPG.

Not familiar with JasperServer but the next milestone is to run the 
wrapped API's in a subsystem job which will process the report requests 
(take a look at Aaron Bartell's RPG Chart Engine if you want an idea of 
what I plan to do).  A quick review of JasperServer looks cool.  It can 
all run native on i so perhaps I'll look into it further.

Thanks,

Pete

Scott Johnson wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
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