<s>
i-net	O
Clear	O
Reports	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
i-net	B-Language
Crystal-Clear	I-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
Java-based	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
reporting	O
application	O
providing	O
a	O
report	O
designer	O
and	O
a	O
server	O
component	O
to	O
create	O
reports	O
in	O
numerous	O
output	O
formats	O
like	O
PDF	O
,	O
HTML	O
,	O
PS	O
,	O
RTF	O
,	O
XLS	O
,	O
TXT	O
,	O
CSV	O
,	O
SVG	O
,	O
XML	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
viewable	O
in	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
applet	O
or	O
Swing	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Application	O
programmers	O
can	O
integrate	O
i-net	O
Clear	O
Reports	O
using	O
the	O
public	O
API	B-General_Concept
which	O
spans	O
over	O
200	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
release	O
11.0	O
i-net	O
Clear	O
Reports	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
programming	O
language	O
and	O
offers	O
a	O
public	O
API	B-General_Concept
for	O
further	O
integration	O
in	O
other	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Version	O
11.0	O
i-net	B-Language
Crystal-Clear	I-Language
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
i-net	O
Clear	O
Reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
it	O
also	O
gained	O
.NET	B-Application
integration	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
i-net	B-Language
Crystal-Clear	I-Language
was	O
primarily	O
designed	O
to	O
read	O
Crystal	B-Application
Reports	I-Application
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
exporting	O
and	O
saving	O
reasons	O
a	O
new	O
file	O
format	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
later	O
on	O
,	O
enabling	O
Crystal-Clear	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
API	B-General_Concept
results	O
back	O
and	O
make	O
them	O
editable	O
by	O
a	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
i-net	O
DesignerXML	O
,	O
the	O
report	O
designer	O
,	O
was	O
written	O
using	O
Java	B-Language
Swing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
True	O
to	O
its	O
roots	O
,	O
i-net	B-Language
Crystal-Clear	I-Language
still	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
execute	O
Crystal	B-Application
Reports	I-Application
report	O
templates	O
up	O
until	O
the	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
Crystal	B-Application
Reports	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Crystal	B-Application
Reports	I-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
i-net	B-Language
Crystal-Clear	I-Language
report	O
file	O
format	O
has	O
always	O
been	O
an	O
open	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
9	O
,	O
the	O
report	O
file	O
format	O
is	O
in	O
a	O
zip-based	O
format	O
similar	O
to	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
application	O
,	O
i-net	O
Clear	O
Reports	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
platforms	O
and	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
virtually	O
no	O
restriction	O
concerning	O
data	O
sources	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
JDBC	B-Language
driver	O
available	O
for	O
accessing	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
non-JDBC	O
data	O
sources	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
how-to	O
'	O
s	O
to	O
write	O
simple	O
mini-drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
new	O
.NET	B-Application
API	B-General_Concept
it	O
got	O
even	O
more	O
flexible	O
and	O
allows	O
integration	O
into	O
.NET	B-Application
based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
i-net	O
Clear	O
Reports	O
comes	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
server	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
servlet	B-Application
which	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
any	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
application	O
server	O
such	O
as	O
Tomcat	B-Language
,	O
Jetty	B-Language
,	O
IIS	B-Application
,	O
or	O
Apache	B-Application
(	O
via	O
PHP	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
using	O
the	O
public	O
API	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
by	O
adding	O
custom	O
JavaBeans	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
