Print Barcodes in Report
An easy tutorial below demonstrates how to use Aspose.BarCode for JasperReports to generate barcodes for reports. Before starting, please check the System Requirements and Installation Instructions.
Step 1: Create a .jrxml File
_.jrxml files contain the report definition for JasperReports. These are XML formatted text files. Either create these manually in a text editor or design them using one of the several plugins available for popular IDEs like Netbeans and Eclipse.
This tutorial uses a simple .jrxml file that contains text and barcode images. The complete jrxml file follows.
Copy the contents below and create a new file called BarCodeReport.jrxml.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jasperReport
xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd"
name="BarcodeReport3" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="1842" columnWidth="515" leftMargin="40" rightMargin="40" topMargin="50" bottomMargin="50">
<title>
<band height="1742">
<line>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="515" height="1"/>
<graphicElement/>
</line>
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="10" width="515" height="20"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Center">
<font size="12"/>
</textElement>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["This sample uses Aspose.BarCode for Jasper Report\n" + ""]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="50" width="515" height="20"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Center">
<font size="12"/>
</textElement>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["Printing BarCodes\n" + ""]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<image hAlign="Center">
<reportElement x="0" y="100" width="500" height="250" />
<imageExpression class="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRenderable"><![CDATA[new com.aspose.barcode.jr.BarCodeRenderer(com.aspose.barcode.jr.BarCodeAttributesFactory.Create("code text pdf417","Pdf417",java.awt.Color.BLACK))]]></imageExpression>
</image>
<image>
<reportElement x="0" y="350" width="500" height="250" />
<imageExpression class="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRenderable"><![CDATA[new com.aspose.barcode.jr.BarCodeRenderer(com.aspose.barcode.jr.BarCodeAttributesFactory.Create("code text code 128","Code128",java.awt.Color.BLUE))]]></imageExpression>
</image>
<image>
<reportElement x="0" y="600" width="500" height="250" />
<imageExpression class="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRenderable"><![CDATA[new com.aspose.barcode.jr.BarCodeRenderer(com.aspose.barcode.jr.BarCodeAttributesFactory.Create("code text Datamatrix","Datamatrix",java.awt.Color.BLUE))]]></imageExpression>
</image>
</band>
</title>
</jasperReport>
The
<imageExpression class="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRenderable">
<![CDATA[new com.aspose.barcode.jr.BarCodeRenderer(com.aspose.barcode.jr.BarCodeAttributesFactory.Create("code text Datamatrix","Datamatrix",java.awt.Color.BLUE))]]>
</imageExpression>
Step 2: Create a .java File
After creating the .jrxml file, the next step is to create the .java file. The .java file compile the .jrxml file. After compilation, a .jasper file is created.
A .jasper file is a binary file that JasperReports reads. The JasperCompileManager.compileReportToFile() method compiles the .jrxml file. After the file is compiled, export the report to PDF format using the net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter class. The complete code from the .java file is given below.
package barcode1;
// import the required packages
import java.io.File;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JREmptyDataSource;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRExporterParameter;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperCompileManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperPrint;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter;
public class Main
{
public static void main(String\[\] args)
{
// path of the folder where .jrxml file is present
final String PATH = "C:\\jasperreports-3.5.2\\demo\\samples\\barcode1\\" ;
String jrxmlFileName = PATH + "BarcodeReport.jrxml" ;
String fillFileName =PATH + "BarcodeReport.jasper" ;
try
{
// compile the .jrxml file to create .jasper file
JasperCompileManager.compileReportToFile(jrxmlFileName,fillFileName);
System. out .println(jrxmlFileName + " - File compiled successfully." );
File reportFile = new File(fillFileName);
JasperPrint jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(fillFileName,null,new JREmptyDataSource());
// export the report in pdf format
JRPdfExporter exporter = new JRPdfExporter();
File destFile = new File(reportFile.getParent() , jasperPrint.getName() + ".pdf" );
exporter.setParameter(JRExporterParameter.JASPER_PRINT, jasperPrint);
exporter.setParameter(JRExporterParameter.OUTPUT_FILE_NAME, destFile.toString());
exporter.exportReport();
System.out.println("Report exported to " + destFile.getAbsolutePath());
System.out.println("Finished.");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
Step 3: Compile and Run the .java File to Create a Report
- First, make sure that you follow the instructions on how to include required JAR files and added the required .jar files.
- Then, compile and run the .java file using your favorite IDE or Java command compiler.
The screenshot below shows a report generated by JasperReports using Aspose.BarCode for Jasper Reports to render barcode images. Note that the report was generated using a demo version of Aspose.BarCode.
JasperReports report with barcodes created by Aspose.BarCode for JasperReports
