Running the Design API Samples

This topic introduces the Design API sample programs Report provides and how you can run them to create and edit reports.

After you install the Design API by Designer or Server, you can get the following Design API sample programs in <insatll_root>\help\samples\APIDesign:

CreateLCSample.java
An example of creating a library component with a table, a crosstab, and a chart.
CreateWebReportSample.java
An example of creating a web report with a table, a crosstab, and a chart arranged in a tabular.
TestDesignEditInvoice.java
An example of how to modify an existing page report template.
TestDesignGraph.java
An example of designing a report with a chart.
TestDesignInvoice.java
An example of designing a report containing a banded object.
TestDesignSubreport.java
An example of designing a report with a subreport.
TestInsertCrossTabIntoBanded.java
An example of inserting a crosstab into a banded object.
TestInsertCrossTabIntoReport.java
An example of designing a report with a crosstab.

To compile and run the sample programs, you should add JAR files with their paths into the class path. You need to add different JAR files according to how you install the Design API.

For example, you can use the following command to compile the sample program TestDesignInvoice.java:

C:\LogiReport\Designer\help\samples\APIDesign>javac -classpath "C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\JREngine.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\sac-1.3.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\report.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\log4j-api-2.17.2.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\log4j-core-2.17.2.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\log4j-slf4j-impl-2.17.2.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\slf4j-api-1.7.36.jar" TestDesignInvoice.java

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When you run the sample programs, you need to provide two or three parameters. If you want to use two parameters, they should be the catalog path and catalog name; if you want to use three parameters, they should be the catalog path, catalog name, and log file with a full path name.

The following example uses three parameters to run TestDesignInvoice.java. Here, it is assumed that you have installed Designer in C:\LogiReport\Designer, and the current directory when you execute these commands is C:\LogiReport\Designer\help\samples\APIDesign (location of the sample programs). After running the program, you can find a newly created file TestInvoice.cls in C:\LogiReport\Designer\Demo\Reports\TutorialReports.

C:\LogiReport\Designer\help\samples\APIDesign>java -Dreporthome="C:\LogiReport\Designer" -classpath "C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\JREngine.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\sac-1.3.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\report.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\log4j-api-2.17.2.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\log4j-core-2.17.2.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\log4j-slf4j-impl-2.17.2.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\slf4j-api-1.7.36.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\resource_en_US.jar;C:\LogiReport\Designer\lib\hsqldb-hsqldb-2.6.1.jar" TestDesignInvoice -path=C:\LogiReport\Designer\Demo\Reports\TutorialReports -catalog=JinfonetGourmetJava.cat -report=TestInvoice.cls -log=C:\LogiReport\Designer\logs\designer.log

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