Setting up JReport on your system

The JReport Tutorial assumes that you have downloaded and installed both JReport Designer and JReport Enterprise Server on a Windows XP machine.

The JReport Tutorial also assumes that you are performing the lessons on a Windows XP and therefore operating system specific commands and screen shots reflect this. However JReport can run on multiple platforms.

JReport Designer has the following system requirements:

JReport Designer System Requirements
Recommended Requirements
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Solaris, Linux
CPU: P4 1GHz P4 1.5G or sunSPARC 1G
Memory: 256 MB 256 MB
Disk: 300 MB free 300 MB free
JDK: 1.5 or above 1.5 or above
Minimum Requirements
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Solaris, Linux
CPU: PIII - 450MHz PIII 450 or sunSPARC 400
Memory: 128 MB 128 MB
Disk: 200 MB free 200 MB free
JDK: 1.4.2 or above 1.4.2 or above

JReport Enterprise Server has the following system requirements:

JReport Enterprise Server System Requirements (Non-Clustered)
Recommended Requirements
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Solaris, Linux
CPU: P4 2.0G P4 1.5G or sunSPARC 1G
Memory: 1 GB 1 GB
Disk: 300 MB free 300 MB free
JDK: 1.5 or above 1.5 or above
Minimum Requirements
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003 UNIX, Linux
CPU: PIII 550 PIII 450 or sunSPARC 400
Memory: 512 MB 512 MB
Disk: 200 MB free 200 MB free
JDK: 1.4.2 or above 1.4.2 or above
JReport Enterprise Server System Requirements (Clustered)
Recommended Requirements
Admin/Backup Server Slave Server
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Solaris, Linux Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Solaris, Linux
CPU: P4 2.4G P4 2.0G or sunSPARC 1G CPU P4 2.0G P4 1.5G or sunSPARC 650
Memory: 1 GB 1 GB 512 MB 512 MB
Disk: 300 MB free 300 MB free 300 MB free 300 MB free
JDK: 1.5 or above 1.5 or above 1.5 or above 1.5 or above
Minimum Requirements
Admin/Backup Server Slave Server
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003 UNIX, Linux Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003 UNIX, Linux
CPU: PIII 800 PIII 733 or sunSPARC 400 PIII 550 PIII 450 or sunSPARC 400
Memory: 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Disk: 200 MB free 200 MB free 200 MB free 200 MB free
JDK: 1.4.2 or above 1.4.2 or above 1.4.2 or above 1.4.2 or above
Client Requirements
Recommended Requirements
Internet Explorer 6 or above, Netscape 9.0, Mozilla 1.7 or above, Firefox in Windows platform
Minimum Requirements
Internet Explorer 5.5 or above, Netscape 9.0, Mozilla 1.6 or above, Firefox in Windows platform

You can download a JDK version at http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp.

Note: JReport supports Java VMs from Sun and IBM. Other vendor's Java VMs may cause unexpected errors. Jinfonet technical support welcomes any feedback on the use of other Java VMs.