Build hyperlinks by inserting built-in UDOs

JReport includes a built-in UDO object - JHyperlink.  In this example we will insert a JHyperlink into a report to see how to use it.

Sometimes you will build a number of reports and each of them contains different information on the same subject.  In this case, you may need to build a summary report to organize these reports together. For example, Report A has Summary Information of City Wise while Report B is an Account List of City Wise. When you click on the city in Report A, it should go to the page of that city in Report B.  Using the hyperlink feature of JReport Designer, you can build hyperlinks between reports. In addition, you can also insert any hyperlink to invoke which could be part of your application unrelated to reporting.  In any case, a browser will pop up to view the referenced pages.

To bBuild hyperlinks by inserting built-in UDOs:

  1. Start JReport Designer and open the report in which you want to build a hyperlink.

  2. Click on the Insert menu and select a UDO item.

  3. The Insert UDO dialog will pop up as follows, select JHyperlink from the drop-down menu. See dialog. 

  4. Click OK, you will be allowed to insert a hyperlink in the report.

  5. Double-click the object to pop up Report Inspector. Input URL as a JReport Enterprise Server address http://localhost:8888/jrserver/hsqlDemo/Tutorial.cat/ParameterUsage.cls and make sure jet.udos.IEExecuter is the ExecClassName, type "Customer Orders Report" in the displayValue property as the display name of the hyperlink. When you click the hyperlink, it will pop up browser session to connect with JReport Enterprise Server for the report; therefore, before clicking this hyperlink, be sure JReport Enterprise Server started. See dialog.

  6. Insert another hyperlink into this report. Double click the object to pop up Report Inspector.  Input URL as http://www.jinfonet.com and make sure jet.udos.IEExecuter is the ExecClassName, type "Web Site" as the display name of the hyperlink in the displayValue property.

    Two hyperlinks are successfully built in the report.

  7. In the view mode of the report, click on the Customer Orders Report hyperlink you just made and it will link to the page you pointed to in the URL. Make sure that you have launched JReport Enterprise Server and specify the URL corresponds with your Server configuration.

  8. Click Submit to get the report result shown as below:

  9. Click the Web Site hyperlink, you will see the http://www.jinfonet.com home page in a browser.