Hi,
I am new to this forum also to jasper reports. I downloaded the following
1.jasperreports-1.2.0-applet.jar
2.jasperreports-1.2.0.jar in the following directory.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.
When I open this file I got the following error message.

Failed to Load Main-Class manifest attribute form
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\jasperreport-1.1.1-applet.jar

Why do i have this kind of error?
     thanks'
         Venus

Did you open the file by double-click on the .jar file?
The error means that this jar file(jasperreport-1.1.1-applet.jar) is not an application. Since on Window platform you can create a jar file and allow it to be launched by double-click on it by specifying the "Main-Class" attribute in the Manifest file.

This jar file is just a regular jar file, technically it is a zip file since it uses the same compression method. You can use a WinZip utility on Window to open and extract it or using the jar command to extract its content.

To extract the content of the jar file by using the Java's jar command type the following at the command prompt(Make sure your PATH contains the path to you Java JDK):

jar xvf jasperreport-1.1.1-applet.jar

Hope this help.

I've tried what you've suggested...but Windows cannot find .jar why is that so..what else do i need to install. I have already a JDK


Thanks

There has good tutorial about jasper report

http://www.javaresources.biz/content...09d2fc89b90003


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Check out this article. Has some good explanation of the various aspects of Jasper Reports. Also links to good tutorials. Information about cross-tab reports is provided. Also details of the various GUI tools to generate Jasper Reports are also given.

http://www.tsproviders.com/techytren...ead?thread=240

-AJ