Integrating and Extending BIRTThe world-wide developer community has downloaded over ten million copies of BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools). Built on the open-source Eclipse platform, BIRT is a powerful reporting system that provides an end-to-end solution from creating and deploying reports to integrating report capabilities in enterprise applications. Integrating and Extending BIRT, Third Edition, introduces programmers to BIRT architecture and the reporting framework. BIRT technology makes it possible for programmers to build customized reports using scripting and BIRT APIs. This book also includes extensive examples of how to use the Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment to build plug-ins to extend the features of the BIRT framework. The source code for these examples is available for download at www.eclipse.org/birt. Key topics covered include
This revised and expanded third edition features the following new content
Readers may also be interested in this book's companion volume. BIRT: A Field Guide, Third Edition, is the authoritative guide to using BIRT Report Designer, the graphical tool that enables users of all levels to build reports, from simple to complex, without programming. |
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... Report Designers Understanding BIRT components .3 .3 Understanding Eclipse ... Engine .15 Installing BIRT Data Tools Platform Integration .17 Installing BIRT Demo Database .17 ... BIRT Web Tools Integration . Chapter 4 Deploying a V Contents.
Jason Weathersby, Tom Bondur, Iana Chatalbasheva. Installing BIRT Web Tools ... engine About the report engine About the generation services About the presentation services About ... data report elements Part 3 Scripting in a Report vi ...
... report design 175 Task 2 : Create a scripted data source . 175 Task 3 : Create a scripted data set . 176 Task 4 : Write the open ( ) and close ... Engine API 219 Creating the BIRT ReportEngine instance Using the BIRT Report Engine X Contents.
Jason Weathersby, Tom Bondur, Iana Chatalbasheva. Creating the BIRT ReportEngine instance Using the BIRT Report Engine API . . EngineConfig class .220 .220 .220 ReportEngine class .221 IReportRunnable interface .221 IReportDocument ...
... BIRT Reporting APIs Building a reporting application About the development environment About plug - ins in BIRT home ... report engine .. Configuring the BIRT home . Configuring the report engine . . . Setting up a stand - alone or WAR ...