We use jasperreports for any document that has more complex datasets such as invoices, statements, reports etc as these typically have multiple rows of data and require groupings and other data processing functions not available in OpenOffice. Also these are changed rarely except during implementation and typically contributed in the case of Reports.

OpenOffice is used for customer and patient documents. These are more likely to be modified and added by the practice so a standard Word Processor editor is more appropriate for the User.

No strategy to change this at this point.

The app uses Spring's JavaMailSenderImpl class to send emails. If your SMTP server requires authentication, this can be specified in applicationContext.xml:

<bean id="mailSender" class="org.openvpms.web.component.service.MailService" singleton="false">

<property name="username" value="someuser"/>

<property name="password" value="somepassword"/>  </bean>