Padova (Italy) 14/06/2003 16.02

Welcome to iReport 2 (the code name for java version of iReport)

This new release of iReport was totally rewrited. This is NOT a complete
release. This is only a preview. I'm working on the final release that will
be ready for the end of summer. I'll release frequently new updates, but
the way for the final release is still long...

iReport 0.2.0 is not an upgrade of iReport 0.1.0. iReport 0.1.0 remains for
now the current "stable" release. The VisualJ++ version of iReport will be
no more officially mantained or supported.

All docs available on http://ireport.sf.net/docs.html could be outdated or
not directly applicable to iReport2.
The documentation is a big hole of iReport at this time. Be patient.
Tutorials and examples are welcome.

It's time for javing.

We have javized iReport. Now iReport is written in 100% pure java.


WHAT YOU CAN AND WHAT YOU CANNOT DO WITH THIS RELEASE OF IREPORT?

You can take a look to all new cool features that are in part already implemented
in iReport 2 (as charting, new compilation system with the output
that become clickable to shurtcut to the errors locations, the new interface with
the files tree, the new concept of project, the support for many new type
of datasource, etc...) You can experience how much are weight swing too...
Most of this new features are visible "as interface" but can be not yet implemented.
What you really can: 
- create ad save reports (undo and copy and paste are not yet implemented).
- load existing reports and modify it
- compile reports
- run reports (using an JREmptyDatasource = don't using a datasource like JDBC)
You'll cannot see the report creator wizard.  It'll arrive with the time.
I have not lost it.


REQUIREMENTS
- Sun JDK 1.4 or greater
- Ant (required if you want recompile sources)
- JasperReports 0.4.6 (*)
- SAX 2.0 XML Parser (Apache Xerces 1.3 or later recommended) (*)
- Jakarta Commons Digester Component (version 1.1 or later) (*)
- Jakarta Commons BeanUtils Component (version 1.1 or later) (*)
- Jakarta Commons Collections Component (version 1.0 or later) (*)
- Jakarta Commons Logging Component (version 1.0 or later) (*)
- JDBC 2.0 Driver  (A MySql driver is already included) (*)
- iText - Free Java-PDF library by Bruno Lowagie and Paulo Soares (*)
- Jakarta POI (version 1.5.1 or later) (*)
- JFreeChart (version 0.9.8 or later) (*)

(*) a jar of this software is already included in this lib directory
of this distribution, so you have not to download it.


INSTALLATION
Extract the archive in a directory. Modify iReport.but or iReport.sh 
for adjust your paths. Copy tools.jar from your JDK in the lib directory
of iReport (or simply add it to the CLASSPATH).
To start iReport using Ant:
ant iReport

To start iReport without Ant (for now only for Win32 users..., but it's
just a script...)
cd noAnt
startup.bat

If you want more TTF fonts, add your font directory to the classpath
(end restart iReport).

I have tested iReport on Win2000 and on Linux Mandrake with jdk 1.4.0_03
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Thanks to try iReport.
Enjoy.

Giulio



 




