How to set background color to entire page in iReport?

Question

I am using iReport 3.7.4. I want to set background color to entire page.I didn't found any report property for background color. Can anyone help me in this?

Answer 1

You can solve issue with help of Background Band.

I've put staticText element on Background Band and set mode attribute as Opaque and set the backcolor property.

The sample:

<jasperReport ... pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="595" leftMargin="0" rightMargin="0" topMargin="0" bottomMargin="0">
    <property name="ireport.zoom" value="1.0"/>
    <property name="ireport.x" value="0"/>
    <property name="ireport.y" value="338"/>
    <queryString language="xPath">
        <![CDATA[/Northwind/Customers]]>
    </queryString>
    <field name="CustomerID" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[CustomerID]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="CompanyName" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[CompanyName]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="ContactName" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[ContactName]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="ContactTitle" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[ContactTitle]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="Address" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[Address]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="City" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[City]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="PostalCode" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[PostalCode]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="Country" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[Country]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="Phone" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[Phone]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <field name="Fax" class="java.lang.String">
        <fieldDescription><![CDATA[Fax]]></fieldDescription>
    </field>
    <background>
        <band height="842" splitType="Stretch">
            <staticText>
                <reportElement mode="Opaque" x="0" y="0" width="595" height="842" backcolor="#CCFFCC"/>
                <textElement/>
                <text><![CDATA[]]></text>
            </staticText>
        </band>
    </background>
    <title>
        <band height="79" splitType="Stretch">
            <staticText>
                <reportElement x="128" y="29" width="298" height="20"/>
                <textElement textAlignment="Center" verticalAlignment="Middle">
                    <font isBold="true"/>
                </textElement>
                <text><![CDATA[The report with the background color]]></text>
            </staticText>
        </band>
    </title>
    <detail>
        <band height="20" splitType="Stretch">
            <textField>
                <reportElement x="19" y="0" width="147" height="20"/>
                <box leftPadding="10"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{CompanyName}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
            <textField>
                <reportElement x="166" y="0" width="260" height="20"/>
                <box leftPadding="10"/>
                <textElement/>
                <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{City}]]></textFieldExpression>
            </textField>
        </band>
    </detail>
</jasperReport>

The height of the Background Band should be equal to the whole report's height and the "transparent" staticText element must occupy the entire space of this band.

The result will be: