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iReport Ultimate Guide
Figure 4-1
Pre-defined bands of a document
The following is a list of the pre-defined bands:
Title
Page Header
Column Header
The Title band is the first visible band. It is created only once and can be printed on a
separate page. Regarding the defined dimensions, it is not possible during design time to
exceed the report page height (top and bottom margins are included). If the title is printed
on a separate page, this band height is not included in the calculation of the total sum of all
band heights, which has to be less than or equal to the page height.
The PageHeader band allows you to define a header at the top of the page. The height
specified during the design phase usually does not change during the creation process
(except for the insertion of vertically re-sizable components, such as textfields that contain
long text and subreports). The page header appears on all printed pages in the same position
defined during the design phase. Title and Summary bands do not include the page header
when printed on a separate page.
The ColumnHeader band is printed at the beginning of each detail column. (The column
concept will be explained in the “Columns” section later in this chapter.) Usually, labels
containing the column names of the tabular report are inserted in this band.
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