Exporting Jasper Reports

[prashantckc]

Hi All

I have just started using the Jasper Report 3.6 version.

There are two ways of creating the report say I need to generate the PDF report.

1. I can create it using the JasperExportManager

2. Directly using the Corresponding Exporter. say JRPdfExporter.

Can you please guide me as to which approach we need to use?

[markrgli]

Hi. As far as I know, using the specific exporter (say JRPdfExporter) will allow you to have more control on the exporting process. For example, you can add metadata information such as author, creator, etc. to the output PDF file (not sure if this can be done via JasperExportManager). JasperExportManager is for convenience (when you don't need detailed control on the output). See JasperExportManager's documentation here:

http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/api/net/sf/jasperreports/engine/JasperExportManager.html

Hope that helps.