iReport not starting using JRE 8

Question

I have downloaded and installed the iReport 4.5 using te Windows installer. But when I try to start the iReport it shows the splash screen but does not start.

My JR

Answer 1

There's another way if you don't want to have older Java versions installed you can do the following:

1) Download the iReport-5.6.0.zip from https://sourceforge.net/projects/ireport/files/iReport/iReport-5.6.0/

2) Download jre-7u67-windows-x64.tar.gz (the one packed in a tar) from https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html

3) Extract the iReport and in the extracted folder that contains the bin and etc folders throw in the jre. For example if you unpack twice the jre-7u67-windows-x64.tar.gz you end up with a folder named jre1.7.0_67. Put that folder in the iReport-5.6.0 directory:

and then go into the etc folder and edit the file ireport.conf and add the following line into it:

For Windows jdkhome=".\jre1.7.0_67"

For Linux jdkhome="./jre1.7.0_67"

Note : jre version may change! according to your download of 1.7

now if you run the ireport_w.exe from the bin folder in the iReport directory it should load just fine.

Answer 2

For me, the combination of Stuart Gathman's and Raviath's answer in this thread did the trick in Windows Server 2016 for iReport 5.6.0.

In addition, I added a symlink within C:\program files\java\jre7 to jdk8 like this:

cmd /c mklink /d "C:\program files\java\jre7\bin" "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_181\bin"

because iReport was constantly complaining that it could not find java.exe within C:\program files\java\jre7\bin\ - So I served it the available java.exe (in my case V8.181) under the desired path and it swallowed it gladly.

Answer 3

It works only with JRE 1.7 just download it and extract to your prefered location

and use the following command to open the iReport

ireport --jdkhome Path To JDK Home

Answer 4

I have installed IReport 5.6 with Java 7: not working

I tried to install Java 6 and added the path to "ireport.conf" file like the attached screenshot and it worked fine :D

So the steps is :

 Install IReport 5.6
 Install JDK 6
 Edit "ireport.conf" file like the below image and Enjoy ;)