How to create Static Text in Jasper Reports

[Vijayanand Jayaraj]

Hello EveryBody,
I am new to jasper reports and using it for creating reports. I wonder that how could I create Static Text and include in the report UI. Whenever I create the UI and save the report as .jrxml file I cannot see the static text in the xml file. What should I do to include the static text in the xml file.

Thanks,
Vijayanand

[Joel McNary]

If you use a tool like iReport, just select the Static Text object and place it on the report.

If you are writing the XML by hand, add something like:

<staticText>
<reportElement
mode="Opaque"
x="0"
y="0"
width="195"
height="18"
forecolor="#000000"
backcolor="#FFFFFF"
key="textField"/>
<box topBorder="None" topBorderColor="#000000" leftBorder="None" leftBorderColor="#000000" rightBorder="None" rightBorderColor="#000000" bottomBorder="None" bottomBorderColor="#000000"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Left" verticalAlignment="Top" rotation="None" lineSpacing="Single">
<font fontName="Arial" pdfFontName="Helvetica" size="10" isBold="false" isItalic="false" isUnderline="false" isPdfEmbedded ="false" pdfEncoding ="Cp1252" isStrikeThrough="false" />
</textElement>
<text><![CDATA[YOUR TEXT GOES HERE]]></text>
</staticText>

[Vijayanand Jayaraj]

Thank you very much Joel.

[madara uchiha]

Hi I have created a jrxml file and added a static text tag and added my text there. however some words are missing while in the downloaded file from the website. please help is this because of the syntax.