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| <p class="head">BIRT FAQ</p> |
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| <h1>Introduction</h1> |
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| Presented here are questions commonly asked in the |
| <a href="../community.html">BIRT newsgroup</a>. Have a suggestion? Please post it |
| on the newsgroup. |
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| Much of the material here has been adapted from newsgroup postings. Thanks to |
| all the BIRT community members who provided the questions & answers. |
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| <h1>Topics</h1> |
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| The FAQ is divided into a number of topics. The nav bar on the left provides |
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| <dt><a href="install.html">Installation</a> |
| <dd>Tips for downloading and installing BIRT, and supported platforms. |
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| <dt><a href="linux.html">Linux</a> |
| <dd>Tips for using BIRT on Linux. |
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| <dt><a href="new.html">Getting Started</a></dt> |
| <dd>Tips for how to get started with BIRT, and where to find examples.</dd> |
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| <dt><a href="data.html">Data Access</a> |
| <dd>Data sources, data sets, custom data sets, data extensions and more. |
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| <dt><a href="params.html">Report Parameters</a> |
| <dd>Report parameters allow your user to pass data into the report. |
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| <dt><a href="scripting.html">Scripting</a> |
| <dd>Expressions, aggregates, scripting and calling into Java code. |
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| <dt><a href="extensions.html">Extensions</a> |
| <dd>Extending BIRT with custom report items, converts and more. |
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| <dt><a href="chart.html">Charts (Part 1)</a> |
| <dd>Using and programming the Eclipse Charting Engine. |
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| <dt><a href="Charts_FAQ.doc">Charts (Part 2)</a> |
| <dd>Additional notes from the charting team in the form of a Word document. |
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| <dt><a href="deploy.html">Deployment</a> |
| <dd>Deploying BIRT onto an application server. |
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| <dt><a href="layout.html">Report Layout</a> |
| <dd>Building the layout and formatting portion of a report. |
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| <dt><a href="output.html">Output Formats</a> |
| <dd>HTML and PDF report output formats. |
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| <dt><a href="i18n.html">Internationalization</a> |
| <dd>Using BIRT in multiple locales and with multiple languages. |
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| <dt><a href="apps.html">Applications</a> |
| <dd>Tips & tricks for achieving various kinds of applications. |
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| <dt><a href="project.html">BIRT Project</a> |
| <dd>The BIRT project itself, such as schedules, contributions, etc. |
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| <dt><a href="limitations.html">Limitations</a> |
| <dd>Known limitations of the BIRT 1.0 Release. |
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