thankskid

just dont understand why software makers make it not intuitive. you shouldnt have to look all over the product and then post questions in order to close and then reopen the palette later if you want to. I know , it is probably just me and my lofty expectations of things that are the problems but DAMN!!!!http://community.jaspersoft.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/angry_smile.gif thank you for the suggestion. that does work.

does anyone know how to close/kill the palette.(NOT HIDE!!!) godam thing keeps popping up. I dont need it anymore.

bad UI for design, but it is free so..... frustration will continue

hmmm, I am using a graphic design tool. placing elements effectively and quickly is a critical capability in my mind.. Yes, I went to the XML, I did not have the success that I desired. when pasting into the source file how does one specify the location of components on the page? From one report to another the location differs. also, switching between design and source always puts you back at the top of the source xml..... lame even if yuou change nothing in the design tab Beginning search for a new design tool for future applications. I hear people rave about JasperReports and it definitely provides some serious capabilities, but to forget the usability capabillities is a foul for sure.

is there a way to copy a field from one report to another and paste it to a specific position in the new report. not all reports in this world are written from scratch with the drag and drop of components. I am creating a very similar report to an existing one and for reasons I wont explain here I have to copy some of the components into a newly created blank report. It would be nice if the paste could be done to a specific position and not into a seeming random position. visio and others have no problem doing this. I am stuck using JS.

I am working on a Spring MVC Hibernate Java project. I compile a jrxml, fill it to create jasperprint object and return it in the response as a pdf. I serialize the jasperprint object to an oracle database as a hugeclob and be I am able to retrieve it for reprinting. However, I would like to be able to view the hugeclob in the database and see the same letter that the jrviewer shows. a simple letter, all text, no images with basic formatting of indentions and centering. Anyone done this before?