Interoperability with JasperReports
isCOBOL can communicate with the JasperReports runtime in order to populate, preview and print reports.
Required software
The following software (not provided by Veryant) is required:
• Jaspersoft Studio: editing software for JasperReports. It will help you design and run report templates; build report queries; write complex expressions; layout visual components like over 50 types of charts, maps, tables, crosstabs, and custom visualizations; and much more. Setups available at
https://community.jaspersoft.com/project/jaspersoft-studio/releases. • JasperReports Library: the world's most popular open source business intelligence and reporting engine. It is entirely written in Java and it is able to use data coming from any kind of data source and produce pixel-perfect documents that can be viewed, printed or exported in a variety of document formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, OpenOffice and Word.
Examples
Along with isCOBOL IDE are installed some examples of isCOBOL Projects that print reports using Jasper. The examples are located in the sample\projects\jasper subfolder, under the IDE installation folder. Follow the instructions of the README file to add these sample projects to your workspace and try them out.