pageHeader and printWhenExpression

[mathewrond]

Hi,

I pass a "isAccountID" variable from Java programme to Jasper reports during the fill time. This is a Boolean parameter.

 

 

If the parameter is "true" then I need to display <pageHeader> only for the first page.

 

 

But here is the actual problem. I have a subreport in <title> band and I cannot figure out how many pages this subreport takes. So the below code would never work for me

 

Code:

<printWhenExpression>
 <![CDATA[boolean($V{PAGE_NUMBER}.intValue()==1)]]>
</printWhenExpression>

 

 

How do I solve my problem? Is there a way to get total number of pages that subreport has taken so that I can add +1 to the returnValue and check the printWhenCondition. But again will this work?

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Mathew

[lucianc]

You can return the number of pages from the subreport:

Code:

<variable name="subreportPages" class="java.lang.Integer" calculation="System"/>
..
<subreport>
  ..
  <returnValue subreportVariable="PAGE_NUMBER" toVariable="toVariable"/>

 

You can also take other approaches, e.g. create a dummy group and use its header instead of the page header if you only want it on the first page..

 

HTH,

Lucian