Using the print method of the Printable interface

[Mark Whitty]

I am trying to use the print method of the Printable interface. Through this method I can write text or graphics but I have trouble including data which is of a variable format. For example I have a resultSet which has been retrieved from a database and I wish to include these details on the format of the page.
I have tried creating a new method execSql within the same PrintObject class which creates the resultSet. When trying to create a new instance of the class from within Print so that I can use the execSql method I get an error.
Does the print method allow us to call other methods which return resultsets or individual fields?

[Cindy Glass]

Well, yes, as long as you take that resultSet and format it into a "drawing" of the page to be printed.
You might try looking into using JasperReports from SourceForge - it is open source.

[Mark Whitty]

Thanks Cindy for your response.
The problem I am having is converting the resultset type into a "drawing" type. Would you be able to point me to an example of how this is done?
Thanks in advance,
Mark