Newbie...Please help!

[ametz]

I have created a report that has many descriptive static text fields & a database that populates the values of each value field. I have filled the detail band & understand that I have to add a dummy footer to continue with the rest of my report. I have added the rest of my fields/data to the dummy footer.

 

I have 2 problems. 1.) Several of the static text fields are repeating on my second page - which I do not want. 2.) I need to know how to get my detail & dummy footer to stay together on one page. I have seen the posts that state that all you have to do is to add the <groupExpression>$V{REPORT_COUNT}</groupExpression> to each of the dummy footers, but when I add this expression, I get a syntax error on token "(", "/" & ")". I am not sure where the brackets are coming from since I don't have any in the expression. I attached my current version of the report - so that you can see what I am talking about. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

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[nickw]

1) You could put those static fields you don't want to repeat in the Title band as a sort of subtitle section or in the Column Header band with its printWhenExpression set to

Code:

$V{PAGE_NUMBER}.intValue() == 1

 

2) Though I'm not familiar with dummy footers/groups or how you've initialized your expressions, I know that Jasper Reports creates a temporary Java file to compile and validate its reports using a Java compiler, so that

Code:

[code]$V{REPORT_COUNT}

becomes

Code:

[code](java.lang.Integer)variable_REPORT_COUNT.getValue()

 

Be sure that you're pairing parentheses and brackets in all field/group/variable expressions. The stack trace might point you to exactly the line where a comparable syntax error has occurred.

 

Hope that helps,

Nick