Exporter for plain text

[2002 JI Open Discussion]

By: Jochen Hiller - jhiller

Exporter for plain text

2003-03-18 08:45

Hi all,

 

we consider to use JasperReports to replace an "old" fashioned, host based reporting system. The required output format is plain ASCII text, means 132 columns, about 50 rows, and fixed positioning of all header, footer, and data parts.

 

We understand, that there is NO plain exporter yet available. Are there other options, e.g. using the printer API and a simple printer type ? Or how much effort would be needed to write such an "JRPlainTextExporter" ?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Jochen