Images

An image is a digital representation of a picture. JReport supports the following image formats: .bmp, .gif, .jpg, and .png.

This section describes how to use the image component.

Inserting an image into a report

An image can be inserted in the report areas listed in Component placement.

To insert an image into a report:

  1. Position the mouse pointer at the destination where you want to insert the image.
  2. Do one of the following to display the Select an Image dialog.
  3. Specify the image you want to insert.
  4. Click Open to insert the image into the destination.

Notes:

When an image has been inserted into a report, you can customize its appearance and behavior by setting properties in the Report Inspector, which can be saved as a CSS style for future use (for details, see Creating a CSS style).

Binding a link to an image

You can make an image link with another report, a location specified by a URL or an e-mail address. The link can either be a simple link or a conditional link. With conditional link, different targets can be loaded based on different conditions. However, conditional link is not supported on images that are not bound with a dataset.

To bind a link to an image:

  1. Right-click the image and click Link on the shortcut menu.
  2. In the Insert Link dialog, specify whether it is a conditional link or a simple link, then select the link target and set the options for the link target as required.
  3. When done, click OK.

For details about different link targets, see Binding a link to a label.

See an example: The SampleComponents catalog, included with JReport Designer, contains reports that have examples of how each component type could be used in a report. For the image component example, open <install_root>\Demo\Reports\SampleComponents\ForImage.cls.