iReport OS X External Programs

[mmccaskill]

How can I get iReport to use the external programs? Firefox for HTML or Preview for PDF. No matter what I get:

 

Code:

Error viewing report... 
java.io.IOException: /Applications/Preview.app: cannot execute     
at java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method)   
at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:52)  
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:91)   
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:451)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:591)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:429)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:326)
at it.businesslogic.ireport.IReportCompiler.run(IReportCompiler.java:1243)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)

 

Do I need to do something to make this work?

 

Post edited by: mmccaskill, at: 2007/03/04 14:55

Post edited by: mmccaskill, at: 2007/03/04 20:22

[jalchin]

I have this same issue. I'm using the 1.3.1 versions of both iReport and JasperReports. Does anyone know what's causing this problem?

[bluelikejazz]

 

Post edited by: bluelikejazz, at: 2007/03/12 21:58

[Giulio Toffoli]

This normally happens when the path you specified is not valid or points to a not executable file (/Applications/Preview.app)

 

Maybe some Mac expert can help you...

 

Giulio

[scottmacpherson]

I've just started using iReport in OS X myself, and the solution is actually rediculously easy:

In the iReports setting dialog, under "External Programs", simply put the command "open" (without the quote marks) in the viewer text box for each type of file you want to build and open. This command effectively tells OS X to open the file generated in whatever application it would be opened in if you double clicked it in Finder.

[jalchin]

This worked for me... thanks!

[scottmacpherson]

I've found that some pathnames don't work with this - nothing ever happens once iReport has run the "open" command. Doesn't seem to like spaces. Does anyone know of a way to bring more control to the "External Programs" settings? I'd like to be able to surround the command run in quotes, but there doesn't seem to be a way to determine where in the command iReports puts the filename.

I'd like to be able to do (WITH the quotes):

Code:

"open %filename"