How to refer to a .jrtx template file from Jasper Report (.jrxml)?

Question

I am using this example to apply a jasper template to jasper report. I am not able to find out how can I refer to jasper template from .jrxml file. The .jrxml file and .jrtx file are at the same location. In the Jasper I am referring to the template using following syntax.

<jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports"
              xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
              xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd"
              name="QCReport" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="555" leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20"
              topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" uuid="0ea707c5-78f5-4f37-a065-a228202cb59e">
    <property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.data.defaultdataadapter" value="One Empty Record"/>
    <import value="org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils"/>
    ..
    <template><![CDATA["JasperCustomStyle.jrtx"]]></template>
    ..

But it gives me Byte data not found at: JasperCustomStyle.jrtx. exception. Can someone please help me figure out how to refer to a jasper template from .jrxml file?

Detailed Exception

Caused by: net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException: Byte data not found at: JasperCustomStyle.jrtx.
    at net.sf.jasperreports.repo.RepositoryUtil.getBytesFromLocation(RepositoryUtil.java:210)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlTemplateLoader.loadTemplate(JRXmlTemplateLoader.java:106)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillReportTemplate.loadTemplate(JRFillReportTemplate.java:111)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRFillReportTemplate.evaluate(JRFillReportTemplate.java:89)
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRBaseFiller.collectTemplates(JRBaseFiller.java:740)

The jrtx file looks like below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE jasperTemplate PUBLIC "-//JasperReports//DTD Template//EN" "http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/dtds/jaspertemplate.dtd">

<jasperTemplate>
    <style name="New style" mode="Opaque" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#FFC800" fill="Solid" hAlign="Center" vAlign="Middle" isBold="true" isUnderline="true">
        <box>
            <topPen lineWidth="1.0"/>
            <leftPen lineWidth="1.0"/>
            <bottomPen lineWidth="1.0"/>
            <rightPen lineWidth="1.0"/>
        </box>
    </style>
</jasperTemplate>

What are the directory paths for the `.jasper`, `.jrxml`, and `.jrtx` files? — Dave Jarvis, Aug 29 '16 at 23:27
The .jrxml and .jrtx file are in rootFolder/reports folder. I am not saving .jasper files they are saved in JasperReport object. — somename, Aug 29 '16 at 23:34

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '16 at 23:33

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Caused by: net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException: Byte data not found at: JasperCustomStyle.jrtx.

which means that the template can not be found.

You need to pass the correct path so that jasper can find the file, this is normally done by using parameters

Example

<template>$P{templateLocation} + "JasperCustomStyle.jrtx"</template>
<parameter name="templateLocation"/>

To parameter templateLocation you pass the absolute location of the folder that contains the templates (include the final /)

or if an URL (in web application)

<template class="java.net.URL">$P{templateURL}</template>
<parameter name="templateURL" class="java.net.URL"/>

To templateURL you pass the URL to the template, in web application you can also easily check that the template is available passing same URL to browser

answered Aug 29 '16 at 23:33

Petter Friberg

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Thank you for your reply. Can i provide input stream in the – somename Aug 29 '16 at 23:42
Yes, set class="java.io.InputStream" – Petter Friberg Aug 29 '16 at 23:43
In jasperserver application you should also be able to use relative path as `repo:templates/JasperCustomStyle.jrtx`, but I personally always prefer to use parameters so that application can be setup as I like from config files. – Petter Friberg Aug 29 '16 at 23:45
ok i provided template as InputStream object and it seems to work. Thank you. – somename Aug 29 '16 at 23:50
or if you don't want relative (from template) path you can use absolute ( from resources folder ) like this: `` – Silence Mar 13 '19 at 11:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 27 '19 at 11:30

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Anyone wondering here for the solution, As of Jasper studio 6.11.0 we should use below code to import style component from external source to be added to jrxml file:

<template><![CDATA["http://linktomyStylesheet/Mystylesheet.jrtx"]]></template>

answered Dec 27 '19 at 11:30

madroid

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