stretch a row to fit the data in jasper reports using iReport

Question

How do i stretch a text field to fit the data, If data exceeds the band height the text field doesn't stretch. I have added the text field tag in my jrxml...

Example:-

Answer 1

Some bands do not stretch, but if you are talking about the detail band you can do something like this:

<textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
    <reportElement style="base" positionType="Float" 
       isPrintRepeatedValues="false" x="0" y="3" 
       width="380" height="26" isRemoveLineWhenBlank="true"/>
    <textElement/>
    <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String">
       <![CDATA[$P{information}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>

That is pasted from auto generated XML so there is a lot of extra stuff, but the isStretchWithOverflow="true" should work for you. This will make the field stretch down as the text fills it up.

I ususally use iReport to build my reports and it works quiet nicely. You can switch to an XML view in there too.