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Thu, 09/01/2011 - 07:50 — crsantos

Thank you so much to all developers, specify it´s a great software! I´m working on entomological labels with barcodes, so I need small ones and I choose datamatrix symbology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Matrix). The iReport in specify is a older version (3.0) that not includes datamatrix symbology (it uses just barcode.jar library), but the newer Ireport (4.1) added barcode4j.jar library (free source: http://barcode4j.sourceforge.net/index.html) that includes other symbologies of barcode (including datamatrix). So, I´m asking if it´s possible the upgrade of iReport to 4.1 version in the next Specify update, that will be great!

If not, I tried integrate barcode4j with ireport 3.0, without success. I get a trial version of barcodelib (http://www.barcodelib.com/) and following the instructions I printed labels with datamatrix, great! But barcodelib is not a free software!
I would appreciate some clue about a way to integrate barcode4j in iReport 3.0 too. Thank´s in advanced.

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Thu, 09/01/2011 - 19:05 — rods

iReport Version

Upgrading Specify to work with the latest iReport is near the top of our list. iReports was drastically changed from 3.0 to 4.0. It is now built with NetBeans. iReport 4.0 was redesigned to make it easier to integrate other software, but since we already had it working with 3.0, it is a complete rework of our integration. It will happen.... hopefully before the end of the year, but we have a lot going on.

You can use iReport 4.0 and the newer versions of JasperReports if you connect directly to the database and design your own queries outside of Specify.

Tue, 09/06/2011 - 15:08 — crsantos

Thanks, It´s a great news

Thanks, It´s a great news about upgrade iReport to Specify. I didn´t have success to integrate barcode4j to iReport 3.0.
I´m trying now to lean how to use Mysql database with iReport 4. However, I discover that 4.1.1 version have a bug with barcdoe4j and doesn´t works. But the previous version (4.0.2) works well.
Is there a easier way to use the saved record set from specify on external iReport? Like import the data of query results to make a report or label?
In a first view for me, it´s easier export the record set to excel and use it in IReport.