Flexible Swing Reporting Using JIDE Aggregate and Pivot Tables

Learn about a Swing report alternative that provides 90% of the solution with 10% of the effort. Flexible Swing Reporting Using JIDE Aggregate and Pivot Tables Mon, 2010-03-22 Malcolm Davis Learn about a Swing report alternative that provides 90% of the solution with 10% of the effort. Contents Swing's JTable solution JIDE Aggregate and Pivot solution Getting started Application features The good, the bad, and the ugly Final thoughts Resources Most classical report writers don't fit well in Swing. Reporting solutions can be adapted to Swing, but the adaptation is time consuming to implement, and often provides a less than desirable solution. This article explores an alternative to the classical reporting that provides the end user with more power for less development effort. Knowledge of Swing and JTable is required to use the techniques described in the article. The discussion covers: Report: Creating and using JIDE Aggregate and Pivot tables. Formula: Adding a new column based on a formula. Memorize: Saving and restoring user report changes. Export: Exporting the tables to Exce...

Date: March, 22 2010
Url: http://www.java.net/article/2010/03/22/flexible-swing-reporting-using-jide-aggregate-and-pivot-tables

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