Installing the Catalog API

When you install JReport Designer, which by default is located in C:\JReport\Designer, the Catalog API is also installed at the same time. After installation, you will have the following components in <install_root>\lib:

• report.jar
• JREngine.jar
• log4j-1.2.8.jar (Jar file used for JReport Engine logging system)
• sac.jar (Jar file used for installing Catalog API with Designer API product)
• ...

The Catalog API class is stored in the archive file report.jar. You will need to do the two steps below before you can compile and run the program:

1. Set the class path environment variable. Append the following string to your class path that starts the Catalog API:

   <install_root>\lib\report.jar;<install_root>\lib\sac.jar;<install_root>\lib\JREngine.jar;<install_root>\lib\log4j-1.2.8.jar

2. Set the Dreporthome parameter equal to the root path of JReport Designer.