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Using custom BIRT libraries in plugins [message #1691504]

Tue, 07 April 2015 16:32

CG Mising name

Messages: 8
Registered: December 2011

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(Apologies if this has been asked and answered already - I couldn't find anything.)

Using Eclipse 4.4:

My team develops Eclipse RCP products that include BIRT reports. I'm researching using rptlibraries to provide common report functionality (e.g. company header, footer) for each product to include within their app-specific reports.

I developed a test report using a rptlibrary that was located in the same folder, and everything looked good. I then tried to move the rptlibrary into its own plugin so that the various products could access it (i.e. by specifying the plugin in their dependencies) without being able to modify it. But after moving and bundling the rptlibrary within a separate plugin, my test report cannot find it and displays an error message.

Is this even possible? I've experimented with a variety of settings have the report "see" the library with no luck.

Thanks for any advice on this.

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Re: Using custom BIRT libraries in plugins [message #1691518 is a reply to message #1691504]

Tue, 07 April 2015 18:26

Jerry Sheets

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Salt Lake City, UT

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I keep mine in the Resource folder

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Re: Using custom BIRT libraries in plugins [message #1691604 is a reply to message #1691518]

Wed, 08 April 2015 12:43

CG Mising name

Messages: 8
Registered: December 2011

Junior Member

Thanks for the response. Surely I can place the rptlibrary in some common location -- such as a designated folder on my local drive (for my own use) or a network folder (for team use) -- that all products can point to when displaying BIRT reports. But this has some issues, not the least of which being how to package and deploy these products to an offsite customer, for example.

What I'm really asking is this: is it possible to include a .rptlibrary in one Eclipse plugin so that a .rptdesign file in a DIFFERENT Eclipse plugin can "see" and successfully access it? My attempts to get this to work keep failing: upon product execution, the .rptdesign file displays nothing. During design within the Report Perspective in Eclipse, I get an error message saying that the .rptdesign file is corrupt. Opening the XML view shows red Xs, and hovering over the first one explains that it cannot find the .rptlibrary that has been specified.

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Re: Using custom BIRT libraries in plugins [message #1691611 is a reply to message #1691604]

Wed, 08 April 2015 13:13

Al Koch

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Registered: August 2011

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Hi CG,

I too had a problem locating a library. I learned that the report will record an absolute path (you can see in the XML). You might want to look at my incident @ https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/1044374/ because it might offer a clue. Good luck.

Al

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Re: Using custom BIRT libraries in plugins [message #1691628 is a reply to message #1691611]

Wed, 08 April 2015 15:14

CG Mising name

Messages: 8
Registered: December 2011

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Thanks. But again, your issue involves issues using a .rptlibrary placed in some folder hierarchy. I'm talking about the possibility of using a .rptlibrary bundled within an Eclipse plugin (i.e. contained within a .jar file). This may not even be possible, but I thought I'd ask.

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