linking to input control not working...

[ronedog]

I'm not sure if this is supposed to be somewhere else, so my apologies if it is...after I posted this in iReport I realized that it might be more specific to the server's repository, so i decided to post it here.

I'm using iReport 3.7.2 and JasperServer 3.7.0. When trying to Link input controls it isn't working.  I right-click the Input Control folder, and it brings up a dialog box to allow me to browse the folders in the repository.  When I go to the folder for the input control I want to link to it allows me to select the folder, but when I press "Open Resource" I get an error message that says "<name> is not and input control".   And nothing gets linked.  I would assume that there should be a file of some sort that allows me to choose the actual input control I want to link, but I don't get anything like that, just the folder where the inputs are located, and I can't drill down any further...is this working in these versions?

Thanks.

[ramnik]

I cannot really get your question, can u explain more :-

 

This reply is based on what i can get from ur question ( in case it helps )

1. If  you are in view -> Repository page, and you are trying to find the input control , you need to change the Filters. to show -> All Types, so that it shows the Input controls also

 

2. If you are trying to add input control to the report , please select add input control in report wizard instead of add resource

 

Ramnik Kaur

Sen, QA Engineer

[ronedog]

Thanks for your reply.  I'm getting this in the iReport Designer.  I've attached a picture of my screen that will show you where I have "rignt-clicked" and the menu "Link and existing input control" that starts the wizard. The 2nd attachment is where I add the input control, except it gives me an error "<report_name> is not an input control"

I don't know of any other way to add an input control...I tried looking around iReport, but couldn't see anywhere else to do this?

[ramnik]

I tried th exact same scenario in my environment and t it worked for me

- Based on ur screen shot , i noticed that the resource you are selecting is not inpout control. Bcaz when i browse in repository to select the input control , it shows the -> input contrtols in repository with input control icon.

- either you need to add input control to repository first , so that you can select them later Or you try creating new input control

- you can also add input control in jasperserver  repository -> add resaource -> select resource type -> input control

 

Ramnik Kaur

Sen. QA Engineer

[ronedog]

I'm confused. The way I've added the input controls is just how you described it. I saw your picture and you have all those input controls as options to select. Take a look at my 1st picture and you'll see a list of already created input controls....then take a look at the 2nd picture where I can browse and select input controls, you'll notice that there are no input controls I can choose from, however, I know they exist somewhere because the reports work, and I can see them in the repository?

 

I noticed your input controls are in a "COMMON" directory, am I simply looking in the wrong folders?

[ramnik]

There are two ways we can create the input control:-

1. We create the input control directly in repository . in that case, we can choose the input control the way you are trying to choose

2. If you have just cerated local input controls with the report wizard [ and not created and saved in reposiotry ] , you wont be able to find the input controls from the repository.

- you can select the input control by browsing in repository only if you have saved them in repository.

Ramnik Kaur

Sen. QA Engineer

[ronedog]

Ok, so are you saying the way I've been creating input controls via iReport is not actually saving them in the repository?

 

Here's how I created them. inside iReport I opened the repository view from the menu "WINDOW -->JasperServer Repository". This opens the folder view on the left hand side in my picture #1 from the 1st post I made. Then I "Right-Click" the repository (root) icon add folder (folder 1), then "Right-Click" the folder 1 and "Add Report Unit", then "Right-Click" the report unit and "ADD Input Control".

 

So is this creating the input control locally and not in the repository? If so, how do I create the input controls in the repository? Thanks.

[ramnik]

You can create the Input Control in repository by right click on any folder -> add Input Control

( this wil create input control in repository )

Ramnik Kaur

Sen. QA Engineer

[ronedog]

well, it sounds like thats what I'm doing, but I'm having the same problem. This is on Windows Vista running 3.7.2 of iReport...do you think there is a problem with this environment? Could there have been something wrong during the installation with Tomcat?