Barcode 4J doesn't work for me

[andrew_50]

I am working a fresh install on a new computer of Jasper Studio, and was happily trying to design a report, but...

When I dragged over the Barcode from the Palette, and chose the QR Code I wanted.

I got nothing, nothing was placed. I see nothing in the source.

Do I need to install or configure something for the 4J barcodes? I thought 4J was built in to Studio. Am I wrong?

[andrew_50]

In fact, it gets weirder. I've been working on it this morning, and I've also found that when placing fields that also has issues.

Specifically, the field shows on the design, but I can't do anything with it, not least something as simple as select it and move it.

Studio is the newest community version and the system is:

Win 10 Pro, Version 1803, OS Build 17134.407 with Java 8 - Update 191 (64 bit) and JDK 8 - Update 172 (64 bit)

 

[gabriel.nadoroski]

Hi andrew_50,
I don't know it is helpful, but when I need to use barcode-4j I put the QRcode (It's the only one that works.), and I go to the xml code and modify QRcode for the barcode I need, in the case was the DATAMATRIX.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- Created with Jaspersoft Studio version 6.6.0.final using JasperReports Library version 6.6.0  --><jasperReport xmlns="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports"              xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"              xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/jasperreport.xsd"              name="Blank_A4_2"              pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="555"              leftMargin="20" rightMargin="20" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20"              uuid="0b3c42fb-64b8-4531-b4c5-605d1bb06199">    <property name="com.jaspersoft.studio.data.defaultdataadapter"              value="One Empty Record"/>    <queryString><![CDATA[]]></queryString>    <background><band splitType="Stretch"/></background>    <title><band height="79" splitType="Stretch"/></title>    <pageHeader><band height="35" splitType="Stretch"/></pageHeader>    <columnHeader><band height="61" splitType="Stretch"/></columnHeader>    <detail>        <band height="125" splitType="Stretch">            <componentElement>                <reportElement x="0" y="0" width="99" height="29"                               uuid="5af81c13-024a-4c4a-b712-cb98a81396a7"/>                <jr:QRCode xmlns:jr="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components"                           xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/components.xsd">                    <jr:codeExpression><![CDATA["123456789"]]></jr:codeExpression>                </jr:QRCode>            </componentElement>            <componentElement>                <reportElement x="450" y="0" width="99" height="29"                               uuid="22a4923a-4ae4-4c1e-a67c-23fa9550212b"/>                <jr:DataMatrix xmlns:jr="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components"                               xsi:schemaLocation="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/jasperreports/components http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/xsd/components.xsd">                    <jr:codeExpression><![CDATA["123456789"]]></jr:codeExpression>                </jr:DataMatrix>            </componentElement>        </band>    </detail>    <columnFooter><band height="45" splitType="Stretch"/></columnFooter>    <pageFooter>  <band height="54" splitType="Stretch"/></pageFooter>    <summary>     <band height="42" splitType="Stretch"/></summary></jasperReport>[/code]

This is a example, I hope it helped you.

[andrew_50]

Thanks gabriel.nadoroski, that actually helped. I'm making progress now, so thanks again.

Not to detract from their stellar work, but here's hoping the good folks who make Studio get this foible sorted, so workarounds like this aren't necessary.