Having problems upgrading from 2.6.2 to 3.7<br />
Previously from our JAR<br />
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
ReportEngine engine = null;
EngineConfig config = new EngineConfig();
config.setLogConfig(sBirtEngineLogPath, LBirtLogLevel);
config.setLogFile(sBirtLogFileName);
config.setBIRTHome( sBirtEnginePath );
engine = new ReportEngine( config );</pre>
In the Birt home directory there was the ReportEngine folder from the 2.6.2 runtime download.<br />
In our JAR class path there was also the jars from the ReportEngine\lib directory<br />
The JAR would run and render a report and write it to a specified directory. Worked well.<br />
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Now upgrading to 3.7:<br />
To my understanding we HAVE to use the OSGI framework for a stand alone jar.<br />
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Downloaded the 3.7 runtime and replaced the old ReportEngine folder with the new one.<br />
Copied the jars from the ReportEngine\lib directory into the class path (removed all the old ones)<br />
The migration guide said to remove setBIRTHome and that should be the only code changes required. Tried that and it crashed.<br />
I have the BIRT source code for debugging purposes. Because we are calling from a stand alone JAR file setBIRTHome is required; there's no xml file to define BIRT_HOME otherwise. Added setBIRTHome back in.<br />
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Debugging into BIRT source code shows that the ReportEngine creates a platform which creates a launcher which can either be an OSGILauncher (which i think is what i want) or a ServiceLauncher which returns nulls and everything crashes.<br />
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To my understanding for the OSGI framework to work, there has to be a 'plugins' folder and 'config' folder in the engine directory. In the config folder there has to be a config.ini to initialize the OSGI.<br />
In the plugins folder I don't really know what should go there so i just copied everything from ReportEngine\lib to it.<br />
Had no idea what the config.ini should be so i adapted from the 2.6.2 version.<br />
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>eclipse.product=org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.ReportEngineSDK
osgi.bundles=org.eclipse.equinox.common@2:start, org.eclipse.update.configurator@3:start, org.eclipse.birt.runtime@start
osgi.framework.extensions=org.eclipse.birt.api
osgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel=4
eclipse.parsers.setTCCL=false</pre>
"org.eclipse.birt.runtime" used to be "org.eclipse.birt.core" but i changed it because all of the jar files from 'core' in 2.6.2 are now in 'runtime' in 3.7.<br />
The "org.eclipse.birt.api" was not included in any runtime download, but on the Birt FAQ<br />
(wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT/FAQ/Birt_Project#Q:_How_can_I_generate_org.eclipes.birt.api.jar_for_ReportEngine.3F)<br />
i found how to create it. Created it and added it to the plugins folder.<br />
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In summary have ReportEngine folder with copy of \lib as \plugins and a config folder with a modded config.ini. JARS from \lib are also in class path. Still crashes.<br />
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When debugging BIRT source; when the platform creates the launcher, the launcher needs a context, PlatformFileContext returns with the 'root' value correctly as the directory engine home, but the 'arguments' value is null.<br />
The arguments are from: config.getOSGiArguments( )<br />
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So, there you have it. I don't know if i have the wrong JARs somewhere or the config.ini file is wrong or ....<br />
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All help greatly appreciated,<br />
Graham<br />
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Have also posted at www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/234591/
