How to open JasperReports created in versions prior to 3.0.0

Issue:

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When opening reports, created in iReport versions prior to 2.0.3, using later versions of iReport the report layout may be distorted.

Cause:

In JR 2.0.3 the way borders are drawn was changed so that new types of borders can be introduced and let the border thickness free. Then, in JR 3.0.0, a config property was added so that borders can be drawn like they used to and not force people to "fix" old reports

Resolution:

Here is a quote from changes.txt "- new configuration property called "net.sf.jasperreports.export.legacy.border.offset" to allow rendering element borders in older reports using the legacy border offset technique that was used in versions prior to the 2.0.3 release." This config property can be set globally or at report level.

Ref. Case #00019813 -- 12:33, 22 March 2012 (UTC)