Just shown is the screenshot of the finished report. We were able to easily manipulate
some basic visual elements of the Label Component, using the Property Editor.
There are a number of other elements that we will cover more in depth later, such as
conditional hiding and hyperlinks. The important thing to remember about the Label
is that it is a text component that is not bound to data in any manner.
Adding Images
The next component we will talk about is the Image component. The Image
component is a mechanism for putting in static graphics, such as company logos,
into a report page. The BIRT Image component has lot of capabilities that allow for
dynamic image usage based on data, including image data in Report Designs for
easier distribution of single reports, and using image files from a resource location
or Library to allow for single images to be used across multiple reports. A lot of
these features we will discuss later in the book. Following is the icon used on the
development Palette for the Image:
In the following exercise, we are going to insert a logo from the Eclipse home page at
the top of the Hello World report.
1. Open the HelloWorld.rptdesign from the Classic_Cars_BIRT_Reports
project. From the Palette, drag an Image object over to the Report Designer
pane, just above the Hello World label.
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