Hi, when i use the page break element, am getting the following error Code:[jrc] Jan 11, 2007 8:57:00 AM org.apache.commons.digester.Digester error [jrc] SEVERE: Parse Error at line 354 column 23: Element type "break" must be declared. [jrc] org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Element type "break" must be declared. [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleStartElement(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.startElement(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) [jrc] at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) [jrc] at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1572) [jrc] at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.loadXML(JRXmlLoader.java:238) [jrc] at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.loadXML(JRXmlLoader.java:225) [jrc] at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:213) [jrc] at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:167) [jrc] at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:151) [jrc] at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager.compileReportToFile(JasperCompileManager.java:107) [jrc] at net.sf.jasperreports.ant.JRAntCompileTask.compile(JRAntCompileTask.java:398) [jrc] at net.sf.jasperreports.ant.JRAntCompileTask.execute(JRAntCompileTask.java:252) [jrc] at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:275) [jrc] at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364) [jrc] at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341) [jrc] at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369) [jrc] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1216) [jrc] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1185) [jrc] at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:40) [jrc] at org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.antsupport.EclipseDefaultExecutor.executeTargets(EclipseDefaultExecutor.java:32) [jrc] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1068) [jrc] at org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.antsupport.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java:423) [jrc] at org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.antsupport.InternalAntRunner.main(InternalAntRunner.java:137) can you please suggest me whats wrong or how to declare the break element. Thanks mg72 wrote: Hi, do not use iReport to create the break-element because iReport-designer does not save the element into the layout-file. Youe may insert the break under the band-tag, e.g.: Code:[code] <band> ..... <break type="Page"> <reportElement x="0" y="17" width="784" height="1" key="element-1"/> </break> </band> Marcus