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Tue, 27 January 2015 22:29

Eclipse User

I want to know how we can debug Birt Reports in the Eclipse 4.05 Client.I think we are using java script but alert or any message statements are not working so i created a variable and how it is initializing i want to know during execution of the report.Is there any way where we can debug the script.

Re: RTC Version 4.05 [message #1589663 is a reply to message #1588721]

Wed, 28 January 2015 10:26

Eclipse User

The general way that I've seen others debug script within a BIRT report (this is also what I do) is to run eclipsec.exe vs eclipse.exe. This runs a separate console where you can use System.out.println("whatever") to output to the console helping to debug your script. Not sure how this works with RTC as I've never used it, but you could always download a standalone copy of Eclipse/BIRT to do your script error testing. Hope this helps.

Re: RTC Version 4.05 [message #1591460 is a reply to message #1588721]

Thu, 29 January 2015 09:47

Eclipse User

I found the attached code in the book "LeBIRT Expert Guide to BIRT Best Practices" by David Mehi and it works great. It produces a popup window. You can't set breakpoints, but I have found it very helpful.

I also found the following code in another forum post. It works well, but I personally prefer the Le BIRT method.

The following code in the ReportDesign.initialize method creates a file on your hard drive and adds one line to the file.
importPackage( Packages.java.io );
fos = new java.io.FileOutputStream( "c:\\BIRTlogFile.txt" );
printWriter = new java.io.PrintWriter( fos );
printWriter.println( "ReportDesign.initialize" );

For every method that you want to track, provide a single statement generating a line of output to your log file, as shown in the following statement:
printWriter.println( "Table.onRow" );

The following statement in the ReportDesign.afterFactory method closes the file.
printWriter.close( );

Attachment: DebugBIRT.txt
(Size: 2.83KB, Downloaded 186 times)

Re: RTC Version 4.05 [message #1591671 is a reply to message #1591460]

Thu, 29 January 2015 12:25

Eclipse User

Yep. I've seen that way as well. Glad you found something to work for you. Smile

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