Ireport Jasper Reports formatting data

[pompeighu]

Hi, when i retrieve data from database and i put it inmy report like this $F{names} i don't know how to make certain data to have a certain format for example....i retrieve names from a database and i want the names that begin with letter A be underlined or bold...how do i do that?

[lucianc]

Use a conditional style for this:

Code:

<style name="NameStyle">
  <conditionalStyle>
    <conditionExpression>Boolean.valueOf($F{name}.startsWith("A"«»))</conditionExpression>
    <style isUnderline="true" isBold="true" pdfFontName="..Bold"/>
  </conditionalStyle>
</style>

 

HTH,

Lucian

[pompeighu]

Hi thank you, i did it. Now i just want to know how to put that data in a rectangle. How should i modify the style?

[lucianc]

Set a border for the style.

 

Also check the samples included in the JasperReports project package (under demo/samples), you can learn a lot from them.

 

Regards,

Lucian