In order to allow JReport Desktop Viewer to be easily embedded into your Java applications, JReport provides a Java bean - JReport Desktop Viewer Bean. It can send a request from a client workstation in order to run and view reports on JReport Server.
Briefly, JReport Desktop Viewer Bean enables you to:
The difference between JReport Desktop Viewer Bean and JReport Result Viewer Bean is that the Result Viewer Bean is used for viewing local JReport result files in standalone mode, while the Desktop Viewer Bean is used for connecting with JReport Server in the server/client mode.
The following topics explain the usage of JReport Desktop Viewer Bean in detail: