iReport is an OpenSource program that can create complex reports which can use every kind of java application through JasperReports library. It is written in 100% pure java and it is distributed with its source codes according to the GNU General Public License.
Through an intuitive and rich graphic interface, you can create any kind of report in a simple and quick way. iReport permits people, who are taking confidence with this technology, to pull down all difficulties about learning the XML syntax of JasperReports and for skilled users who already know this syntax, to save much time during the development of very elaborate reports.
This guide refers to the 1.2.0 version of iReport, but a great portion of this information is directly applicable to all versions following the 0.2.0 release. The previous versions of 0.2.0 are not written in Java, but in Visual J++; they only work with MS Windows systems and their development stopped after the release of version 0.2.0.
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