iReport Designer v3.7.1 Release Notes

February 2, 2010

The iReport Designer Team is pleased to announce the new iReport Designer v3.7.1.

iReport Designer is available as standalone application and as NetBeans plugin for NetBeans IDE 6.5.x and later. This version includes several improvements and bug fixes.

New features

New features and changes:

• Full support for JasperReports Library v3.7.1
• New samples (in the Help menu)
• Built-in HSQLDB sample database
• New Callouts/notes tool to review or add comments to a report (in design mode)
• Added wizards for pie and category datasets based charts
• Alphabetical sorting for variables, parameters and fields
• Remember window size of the query dialog, F11 to maximize/restore the dialog
• Improved XML fields provider to work with remote XML data sources
• Several bug fixes

Download

Download iReport Designer (standalone version) from SourceForge.net

Download the iReport Designer plugin for NetBeans

The plugin is available on the NetBeans plugin center and on SourceForge

New features overview

	iReport Designer v3.7.1 comes with a set of sample reports to help newbie users to learn how to create simple reports. The samples can be opened in the designer by clicking the sample name from the menu Help. A sample database is also shipped with iReport Designer. A special connection is created by default to access the database. The database starts up automatically when required, or can be manually run from the Help -> Samples menu.
	The new callouts/notes tool allows to add to the jrxml some notes. To add a note, just drag the Callouts tool into the report page. The notes are only visible in the designer and are stored in the report properties. Each note can have several pins to point to a specific report location or element you want to comment.
	Field, Parameters and Variables can now be sorted using the Alphabetical Sort menu item.
	When creating a new pie chart, or a chart which uses a Category dataset, a new chart wizard helps the user to set the chart data with a step by step wizard. The charts that use a Category dataset are: Bar, Bar3D, Stacked Bar, Line, Area and Stacked Area.

Complete changelog

• Updated to JasperReports Library v3.7.1
• Fixed bug 0004548: when <crosstabheadercell> tag added to crosstab, rest of the elements will be displaced
• Added samples to the Help menu
• Added wizardas for pie and category datasets based charts
• fixed JasperServer plugin to avoid import of images referenced with an url inside the JasperServer repository
• New Callouts/notes tool to review or add comments to a report (in design mode)
• New report samples are now shipped with iReport Designer.
• Alphabetical sorting for variables, parameters and fields
• Remember ZoomFactor and design position with JRXML
• Sample DB shipped with iReport Designer (Help -> Samples -> Run Sample Database)
• Fixed Bug 0004543 Copy/Paste Variable = JRRuntimeException
• Fixed Bug 0004492 Line component shows a exception when the 'pen propertie' is selected
• Fixed Bug 0004490 Exception occurs when I select "Tools > Options > iReport Designer" (Linux specific)
• Fixed min percentage value in the PieDataset panel
• Fixed Bug 0004498 Group lists not updated in variable properties
• Fixed Bug 0004491 Unclosable Connections/Datasources window in certain window managers
• Remember window size of the query dialog, F11 to maximize/restore the dialog
• JAVA_HOME check at startup if a JVM is not found in the Windows registry
• New shortcut F2 to open the expression editor for a selected textfield
• Fixed a problem about keeping custom JRProperty values
• Fixed Bug 17251 - Remote XML file datasource Test button always returns successful
• Fixed drag and drop from the XML mapping tool to the list of fields in the query dialog.
• Improved XML fields provider to work with remote XML data sources.