Report and ReportData parts

Report and ReportData parts are predefined, which means that EGL defines fields within the parts for you. You simply declare variables based on the parts. You must initialize those variables before you use them, so either create them with the new operator, or use a set-values block in the declaration. The latter is more efficient. See "new operator" and "Set-values blocks." The following example shows Report and ReportData declarations:

myReport Report{};
myReportData ReportData{};

A variable based on a Report part automatically contains the following fields:

reportDesignFile

Full path to the report design file, which is a compiled XML file with a .jasper extension.

• Type: STRING
• Example: myRpt.reportDesignFile = "C:\\EGL\\reports\\customerDesignFile.jasper";
• Default: None

reportDestinationFile

Full path to the intermediate .jrprint file.

• Type: STRING
• Example: myRpt.reportDestinationFile = "C:\\EGL\\reports\\customerPrintFile.jrprint";;
• Default: None

reportExportFile

Full path to the final .xml, .pdf, .html, .txt., or .csv file.

• Type: STRING
• Example: myRpt.reportExportFile = "C:\\EGL\\reports\\customerReport.pdf";
• Default: None

reportData

Reference to the actual data for the report.

• Type: ReportData
• Example: myRpt.reportData = myReportData;
• Default: None

When specifying a path, you must prefix the directory separator character with an escape character, (\), as in the following example:

myRpt.reportDesignFile = "C:\\EGL\\reports\\customerDesignFile.jasper";

The report variable contains information specific to a report. The variable contains these fields:

The report data variable describes the data to be used in a report. The variable contains these fields: