Subreport on a new page - which band?

[kolja.ehlersiconplc.com]

Hello there,

I think the reports I am trying to generate are pretty unusual but still I almost completely got it working. To explain: I am using a bean as data source but I only am using just a single instance of the bean not an array or a collection of beans. I access the beans methods my referring to the current bean using a _THIS file and calling:

$F{myBean}.receive("Key")

that way I am placing the information gathered by the beans methods all over the report.

The problem is that at some point the first pace is full and JR will not generate a new page since is does not know that the page is full. Again to make clear JR is not iterating data so the pagination will not work. And I canot just open up a next page in iReport or can I??

So I am working with a new subreport for each new Page.

Subreport Page2
Subreport Page3
Subreport Page4

each with an individual data source but that does not play a role here. Now my problem is that I am not sure where to place the subreports. If I place them in the details band I have some space at the top added to the subreport. I guess this comes from the detail band until it reaches the subreport.

I already have set all margins on the subreports to 0 but it did not help with the space at the top to be erased.

So where do I place the subreports so the report will display each subreport on a single page just like the jrxml file was shown in iReport (w/o any added space to any side of it)

I hope you see my problem

Thanks

 

[kolja.ehlersiconplc.com]

I have made some screenshots to illustrate my problem. On page1 the top margin looks good. But on the subreports (e.g. page5) the top margin is thicker than on page1, why is that?

I also added a screenshot of what it looks like in iReport