Hello bartvh, first thank you for your great work. I tried you Python script, but when I try to generated the changed report XML file, I got following error messages: ---- 30.01.2008 09:29:59 org.apache.commons.digester.Digester error SCHWERWIEGEND: Parse Error at line 63 column 341: The content of element type "box" must match "(pen?,topPen?,leftPen?,bottomPen?,rightPen?)". org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The content of element type "box" must match "(pen?,topPen?,leftPen?,bottomPen?,rightPen?)". at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:236) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:172) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:382) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:316) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleEndElement(XMLDTDValidator.java:2048) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endElement(XMLDTDValidator.java:932) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1241) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1685) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:368) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:834) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:764) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:148) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1242) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1745) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.loadXML(JRXmlLoader.java:239) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.loadXML(JRXmlLoader.java:226) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:214) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:168) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:152) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager.compileReport(JasperCompileManager.java:151) at de.absoft.util.wTAccountMaster.main(wTAccountMaster.java:41) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:90) net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The content of element type "box" must match "(pen?,topPen?,leftPen?,bottomPen?,rightPen?)". at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.loadXML(JRXmlLoader.java:243) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.loadXML(JRXmlLoader.java:226) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:214) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:168) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.load(JRXmlLoader.java:152) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager.compileReport(JasperCompileManager.java:151) at de.absoft.util.wTAccountMaster.main(wTAccountMaster.java:41) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:90) Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The content of element type "box" must match "(pen?,topPen?,leftPen?,bottomPen?,rightPen?)". at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:236) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:172) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:382) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:316) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleEndElement(XMLDTDValidator.java:2048) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.endElement(XMLDTDValidator.java:932) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1241) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1685) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:368) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:834) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:764) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:148) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1242) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1745) at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader.loadXML(JRXmlLoader.java:239) ... 11 more Process finished with exit code 0 ---- Do you have any idea on that? I've attached the changed report XML file. Perhaps this helps. Thanks in advance for your help Andreas http://www.ab-tools.com/English/ [file name=wTAccount.xml size=111158]http://www.jasperforge.org/components/com_joomlaboard/uploaded/files/wTAccount.xml[/file]