iReport on Mac OS X

[johnthuss]

iReport on the Mac is pretty awful. Particularly, the keyboard shortcuts (cut and paste) use the control key instead of the command key (in the Expressions editor is where I noticed).

 

Looking at the forum, it looks like this has been the case for at least a couple of years. Is this ever going to get any attention or is it not a concern of the developers? Are you depending on outside contributions to make this better?

 

Thanks,

John

[gyorgyk]

I wanted to try the newest iReport 3.0 version on my Macosx Leopard version but I don't know how can I install and run after download.

 

Can zou help me with some instruction?

[goku2]

Hi gyorgyk,

 

I had the same problem. I'm runing a Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.3.

 

To run iReports you have to do it throw the console.

 

Go to iReport folder. For example:

Code:

$ cd /Applications/iReport-3.0.0/

Then, grant execute access to the iReports.sh script

Code:

[code] $ chmod u+x iReports.sh

After that, run it

Code:

[code] $ ./iReports.sh

 

If you have some problem similar to this:

Code:

[code] /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

You have to convert line breaks to unix format.

it can be done in 2 ways.

 

- Solution 1:

With dos2unix. you can install it throw macports

Code:

[code] $sudo port install dos2unix

And then:

Code:

[code] $ dos2unix iReports.sh $ dos2unix bin/startup.sh

 

- Solution 2:

Code:

[code] $ vi iReports.sh : set ff=unix : wq

 

Code:

[code] $ vi bin/startup.sh : set ff=unix : wq

 

At last but not least,

Code:

[code] $ ./iReports.sh

 

Happy reporting :D

 

Goku2

[gloorootoo]

 Hey i have Snowleopard on my iMac, and i have installed iReport, and it runs verywell, but tellme how i can create a data source or a database connection?

I just need a report that could have secuence, with numbers... What i have to do?