Installing the PPTX Exporter for JasperReports Server v4.2.1

Overview

This document describes how to install the Report PPTX exporter in your local JasperReports Server v4.2.1 installation. There are 5 configuration files to be modified and 5 jar files. Note: If you run other than version v4.2.1 of JasperReports Server or modified the jars already, you can use the source code to implement PPTX exporter.

Configuration Files

WEB_INFbundlesjasperserver_messages.properties

• Add Menu item labels around line #434:

  report.output.pptx.label=PPTX
  

• Add Menu item labels around line #1566:

  jasper.report.view.hint.export.pptx=As PPTX
  

For other languages check localization bundles.

WEB-INFflowsreportJobBeans.xml

• Add PPTX output type for job scheduler parameters around line #141:

  <bean class="com.jaspersoft.jasperserver.war.dto.ByteEnum">
      <property name="code">
        <util:constant static-field="com.jaspersoft.jasperserver.api.engine.scheduling.domain.ReportJob.OUTPUT_FORMAT_PPTX"/>
      </property>
      <property name="labelMessage">
          <value>report.output.pptx.label</value>
      </property>
  </bean>
  

WEB-INFflowsViewReportBeans.xml

• Add PPTX Exporter Bean and output parameters around line #182:

  <bean id="reportPptxExporter"
        class="com.jaspersoft.jasperserver.war.action.ReportPptxExporter"
        parent="baseReportExporter">
      <property name="setResponseContentLength" value="true"/>
  </bean>
  

• Add PPTX Exporter Configuration bean around line #279:

  <bean id="pptxExporterConfiguration"
        class="com.jaspersoft.jasperserver.war.action.ExporterConfigurationBean">
      <property name="descriptionKey" value="jasper.report.view.hint.export.pptx"/>
      <property name="iconSrc" value="/images/pptx.png"/>
      <property name="parameterDialogName" value=""/>
      <property name="exportParameters"> <null/> </property>
      <property name="currentExporter" ref="reportPptxExporter"/>
  </bean>
  

• Add an entry key around line #313:

  <entry key="pptx" value-ref="pptxExporterConfiguration"/>
  

WEB-INFapplicationContext.xml

• Add PPTX Exporter Parameters bean around line #1108:

  <bean id="pptxExportParameters"
        class="com.jaspersoft.jasperserver.api.engine.jasperreports.common.PptxExportParametersBean" >
  </bean>
  

WEB-INFapplicationContext-report-scheduling.xml

• Add PPTX Exporter Parameters bean around line #355:

  <bean id="jobPptxExportParameters" parent="pptxExportParameters" />
  

• Add value reference inside <util:map id="jobExportParametersMap"> around line #364:

  <entry key="pptx" value-ref="jobPptxExportParameters"/>
  

• Add value reference inside <util:map id="outputKeyMapping"> around line #380:

  <entry key="11" value="pptx"/>
  

• Add output format around line #406:

  <bean id="pptxOutput" class="com.jaspersoft.jasperserver.api.engine.scheduling.quartz.PptxReportOutput"/>
  

• Add output format inside <util:map id="outputFormatMap"> around line #409:

  <entry key="pptx" value-ref="pptxOutput"/>
  

Save all the files with new configuration strings and deploy on the Application Server.

Java Runtime Binaries

Deploy 5 Jars to WEB_INF/lib/ folder - only compatible with version 4.2.1:

• jasperserver-api-engine-4.2.0.jar
• jasperserver-api-engine-impl-4.2.0.jar
• jasperserver-api-metadata-4.2.0.jar
• jasperserver-common-ws-4.2.0.jar
• jasperserver-war-jar-4.2.0.jar

Once you have made the appropriate changes and put everything in place, restart JasperReports Server.