Report Layout and Design - JasperReports for Java Developers - page 110

Controlling Report-Wide Layout
Properties
The <jasperReport> root element of the JRXML template contains a number of
attributes that allow us to control report layout. The following table summarizes
these attributes:

Attribute Description Valid Values Default Value

pageWidth Determines the width

of the page, in pixels.

Any non-negative integer 595

pageHeight Determines the

height of the page,
in pixels.

Any non negative integer 842

leftMargin Determines the left

margin of the page,
in pixels.

Any non-negative integer 20

rightMargin

Any non-negative integer 20 Determines the right

margin of the page,
in pixels.

topMargin Determines the top

margin of the page,
in pixels.

Any non-negative integer 30

bottomMargin Determines the top

margin of the page,
in pixels.

Any non-negative integer 30

orientation Determines the

orientation of
the page.

Portrait , Landscape

Portrait

whenNoDataType Determines how to

create report with no
data in its datasource.

NoPages , BlankPage ,
AllSectionsNoDetail

NoPages

isTitleNewPage Determines if the title

section of the report
will be printed on a
separate page.

true , false false

isSummaryNewPage Determines if the
summary section
of the report will
be printed on a
separate page.

true , false

false

Most of the attributes in the table are self explanatory, and their use should be
intuitive. However, the whenNoDataType attribute deserves more explanation.