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

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...
The example:
<textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" pattern="" isBlankWhenNull="true" evaluationTime="Now" hyperlinkType="None" hyperlinkTarget="Self" >
<reportElement
style="dNew"
mode="Opaque"
x="200"
y="0"
width="200"
height="19"
key="value-2"
stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject"
positionType="Float"
isPrintInFirstWholeBand="true"
isPrintWhenDetailOverflows="true"/>
<box></box>
<textElement textAlignment="Center" verticalAlignment="Top">
<font fontName="Arial" pdfFontName="Helvetica"/>
</textElement>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{DATA2}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>

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.