Reporting with java

hi all,
in my project, i am preparing reports which will be shown in pdf or html or excel format...
reports will be two types.
first, user fill in the blanks in report and print the page.
in the second type, data is selected from db and shown in pdf or html etc... format.
I found Crystal Reports, JfreeReport, Jasper Reports etc... but some include xml knowledge, and crystal report is not free....
could you suggest any reporting tool, which is more flexible and practicle?
and also in a handy report template, should i import that report files or match my code with report code type etc...

JFreeReport doesn't have a visual designer yet, but one will be developed as we are aware that it would make JFreeReport a lot more accessible for developers who don't want to learn the XML report definitions that JFreeReport uses.
For others, here is the link for JFreeReport:
http://www.object-refinery.com/jfreereport/index.html
Note that a new release is scheduled for later this week that will add new export formats including HTML and Excel.
Regards,
Dave Gilbert
www.object-refinery.com

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