### Getting started

To help you start using the Design API, here is a simple example which shows how to use the JReport Design API package to compile and run a Java class that returns the connection information from a catalog file.

1. Compile the sample code TellMeConnection.java in `<install_root>\help\samples\APICatalog`.

   `javac -classpath <install_root>\lib\JREngine.jar;<install_root>\lib\sac.jar;<install_root>\lib\report.jar TellMeConnection.java`

2. Set the license key for Design API using the method `dr.setUserInfo("UID","XXXXXXXXXXX")` in TellMeConnection.java.
3. Run the sample code.

   `java -classpath ".;<install_root>\lib\JREngine.jar;<install_root>\lib\report.jar;<install_root>\lib\sac.jar;<install_root>\lib\log4j-1.2.8.jar" -Dreporthome=<install_root> TellMeConnection –path=<catalog path> -catalog=<catalog name>`

   For example,

   `java -classpath "c:\JReport\Designer\lib\JREngine.jar;c:\JReport\Designer\lib\report.jar;c:\JReport\Designer\lib\sac.jar;c:\JReport\Designer\lib\log4j-1.2.8.jar;C:\JReport\Designer\lib\hsqldb.jar" -Dreporthome=D:\JReport\Designer TellMeConnection -path=C:\JReport\Designer\Demo\Reports\TutorialReports -catalog=JinfonetGourmetJava.cat`

   And the output should be as follows:

   Name: Jinfonet demo
   Driver: org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
   URL: `jdbc:hsqldb:c:\JReport\Designer\Demo\db\JRDemo`
   User: sa
   Password
   TimestampFormat yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS
   TimeFormat HH:mm:ss
   DateFormat yyyy-MM-dd
   ExtraNamePattern Default(JDBC)