Differences between Crystal and Jasper iReports

[anwer012]

JASPER REPORT

 

-JasperReports does not include a GUI designer for reports although you could add iReport. JasperReports and iReport are Java based which is reflected in their expression syntax.

-Crystal Reports has it's own language.

 

 

-Crystal has a mature designer that works quite well, and is straight-forward

for non-technical people to use.

 

Jasperreports is a "backend" library. it integrates well into web applications and can take data from ValueObjects or the database or other data sources.

It exports well into pdf xls etc.

 

 

* Covers iReport as an intuitive and easy-to-use visual report builder/designer for JasperReports, written in 100% pure Java

* Shows how users can visually edit complex reports with charts, images, and subreports, as iReport is integrated with leading open source chart libraries for Java

 

 

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[file name=Jasper_VS_Crystal.doc size=45568]http://www.jasperforge.org/components/com_joomlaboard/uploaded/files/Jasper_VS_Crystal.doc[/file]

[rschreck]

This post is ancient... Jaspersoft Studio 6.x.x is available, so there is a GUI designer. In fact, iReport was the GUI designer before that, so the first sentence is inaccurate.