report preview - wrong generated url

Hi, 
 
In viewing reports created in eclipse, i always get an error; 
 
While trying to retrieve the URL: <a class='bbc_url' href='http://127.0.0.1:54565/viewer/run?'>http://127.0.0.1:54565/viewer/run?</a> 
 
The following error was encountered: 
 
* Connection Failed 
 
The system returned: 
 
(111) Connection refused 
 
The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again. 
 
 
i can view my reports in birt viewer from my browser by copying them under webapps, but in eclipse, i cannot. Tomcat works as expected on port 8080. I tried to modify the url and port (just to stop setting a dynamic port automatically) but it got worse. I installed all the required birt plugins from <a class='bbc_url' href='http://download.eclipse.org/birt/update-site/2.6'>http://download.eclipse.org/birt/update-site/2.6</a>. 
 
The thing is, i couldn't understand how the url is generated for the views. i see that (from url <a class='bbc_url' href='http://127.0.0.1:54565/viewer/run?'>http://127.0.0.1:54565/viewer/run?</a> ), there must be a project called "viewer", right? (it works in this way with birt viewer), my project name is different. Or does it "on the fly" project? it even doesn't add the report file name in the url! 
 
i did my homework and searched a lot in google, came here without any solutions, additionally, i am new to birt 
 
edit: 
when i add the report file to the generated url: 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://127.0.0.1:54565/viewer/run?__report=new_report_1.rptdesign'>http://127.0.0.1:54565/viewer/run?__report=new_report_1.rptdesign</a> 
i get: 
- The report file : /home/piratejackus/software/springsource/sts-2.5.2.SR1/plugins/org.eclipse.birt.report.viewer_2.6.2.r262_v20110214/birt/new_report_1.rptdesign does not exist or contains errors. 
 
org.eclipse.birt.report.exception.ViewerException: The report file : /home/piratejackus/software/springsource/sts-2.5.2.SR1/plugins/org.eclipse.birt.report.viewer_2.6.2.r262_v20110214/birt/new_report_1.rptdesign does not exist or contains errors. 
at org.eclipse.birt.report.context.ViewerAttributeBean.getDesignHandle(ViewerAttributeBean.java:647) 
at org.eclipse.birt.report.context.ViewerAttributeBean.__init(ViewerAttributeBean.java:224) 
at org.eclipse.birt.report.context.BaseAttributeBean.init(BaseAttributeBean.java:233) 
at org.eclipse.birt.report.context.ViewerAttributeBean.<init>(ViewerAttributeBean.java:118) 
at org.eclipse.birt.report.context.BirtContext.__init(BirtContext.java:44) 
at org.eclipse.birt.report.context.BaseContext.<init>(BaseContext.java:69) 
at org.eclipse.birt.report.context.BirtContext.<init>(BirtContext.java:30) 
at org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.ViewerServlet.__getContext(ViewerServlet.java:150) 
at org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.doGet(BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.java:151) 
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707) 
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327) 
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820) 
at org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.service(BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.java:122) 
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.ServletManager$ServletWrapper.service(ServletManager.java:180) 
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ServletRegistration.service(ServletRegistration.java:61) 
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.processAlias(ProxyServlet.java:126) 
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.service(ProxyServlet.java:60) 
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820) 
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.jetty.internal.HttpServerManager$InternalHttpServiceServlet.service(HttpServerManager.java:318) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:390) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:542) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:924) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:549) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:212) 
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404) 
at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:409) 
at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:582) 
 
so it uses directly the plugin directory, if i'm not wrong, this explains the "viewer" in the url. 
 
 
Thanks in advance.

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piratejackus

bump!

mwilliams

Have you deployed the BIRT viewer to tomcat?

piratejackus

Hi Michael, 
 
yes i deployed birt viewer and i can see my reports by putting them in the webapps repository of tomcat, no matter with the viewer. But last night i realized that it is not just the birt viewer who doesn't work, i can't view 'help contents' nor 'dynamic help'. So i think it is something about the eternal web server (tomcat) of eclipse. 
 
But the thing is, when i copy the link of 'help contents' or 'dynamic help' to the navigator which i can't view in eclipse, works! but the 'generated url' of birt report is weird in all the cases; 
http://127.0.0.1:54565/viewer/run? 
there is not the name of the report! 
 
Thanks.

mwilliams

I think I'm lost on what you're having an issue with. You can't view the help contents or dynamic help from the eclipse designer? But, if you copy the url to your browser, it works? If this is the case, have you tried re downloading the designer?

Also, I'm not sure on the report design issue either. They run in the deployed viewer as expected, but you can't use the URL in the designer? Let me know.

piratejackus

In Eclipse IDE (STS 2.5.2.SR1), i can't view web based pages, such as help contents and dynamic help in the other hand, i can view them in the navigator. That is correct. No i didn't reinstall the IDE. Actually, for now, i don't think that i broke something in IDE. But that may be a solution, i will try it.
For this issue, i filled a bug form on bugs.eclipse.org;
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=343353

Concerning the report designer, as i know, Birt uses the internal web server of eclipse IDE, i mean, we don't have to install birt viewer to develop and visualize our reports. In my case, i cannot use the 'preview' tab of the designer.

I also installed the birt viewer and it works as it has to. To control my reports, i'm copying my reports to the webapps directory of birt viewer. And from my grails project, i can reach and use the report files from the Birt project directory.

If i'm not still clear, excuse me, i can re-explain all.

My last point is; however i am not able to preview my reports (or any of Run-> View Report options), i don't understand why the birt designer generates a weird url! (http://127.0.0.1:54565/viewer/run?), i mean, where is the rest of it, like report file name?

At least, if i can reach to the exact url for my report, i can check it much faster by copying that url to the navigator.

Thanks

mwilliams

If you go to Windows->preferences->Report Design->Preview, select the use external browser option and see if that changes anything. If not, also try going to preferences->general->web browser and try selecting the external browser option there.

piratejackus

Sometimes all we got from such a complicated function is 0 or 1, this is how i feel like this one more time. 
Thank you Michael, forcing the report design to use an external browser worked like a charm! I can view my report very well, as it has to be. 
 
Cheers 
 
by the way, how can i mark this thread as solved? or more simply; do i have to? 
 
a weird point; from now on, i cannot break the preview of report design nor help contents view in spite of taking back my preferences modifications. I think my action is triggered something in IDE, it is just an assumption, not sure of course. Software world is a 'logical' one, no place for coincidences. 
 
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'mwilliams'" data-cid="76121" data-time="1303333770" data-date="20 April 2011 - 02:09 PM">
If you go to Windows->preferences->Report Design->Preview, select the use external browser option and see if that changes anything. If not, also try going to preferences->general->web browser and try selecting the external browser option there. </blockquote>

mwilliams

No need to mark it solved. That feature has been discussed, but I don't think it made the cut so far.

Glad everything is working now! Let us know whenever you have questions! Good luck!

piratejackus

You may be right but in Google search results, i always pay attention to that tag; solved or not, in my opinion it is useful. Anyway, Thanks again.

mwilliams

You can rate the topic a high "star" value if you feel your question has been answered. That's one way to distinguish this as answered, though not many people use this feature to do so.

piratejackus

done!

piratejackus

--UPDATE-- 
 
New day, same problem. A hour ago, i run my sts and in a moment, i realized that my web interfaces ('help contents', 'dynamic help', 'birt designer view/preview' options) of sts is not responding! 
 
I tried to run sts with sudo, and it worked. So i tried to find the difference. In my user directory, under .grails, i have a ProxySettings.groovy file, which doesn't exist under /root/.grails. So i moved it but no luck. The proxy settings of IDE are both same for with sudo and without sudo. 
I am suspecting that it is the proxy settings but i modified in all levels: 
- System wide: System-> Preference-> Network Proxy 
- SpringSource Tool Suite proxy settings 
- Grails proxy settings under user directory : ~/.grails/ProxySettings.groovy 
 
For now, i'm still investigating the reason, because i don't want to run it as sudo without knowing the reason. 
I'm updating this thread so maybe other people can face with the same situation, and i will continue to do... 
 
OS:Ubuntu 10.04 - 2.6.32-30 
STS: 2.5.2.SR1 
 
P.S. this topic is related to another thread in: 
<a class='bbc_url' href='https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=343353'>https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=343353</a>

piratejackus

This is not a general case, a specific one for me. So it is done. 
 
Thanks 
 
edit: Just a workaround; when i restart my PC by disabling the system proxy, and set the proxy again as it starts, the problem doesn't exist anymore. so this is exactly a proxy related issue.