Export report file name

Hi,
 
I am running Eclipse BIRT Designer Version 4.6.0.
 
When I do an export from viewer, the export file should be named as the .rptddesign file.
In my case the export files are named "BIRTreport".
I did not find any way to set export to the default (use the .rptdesign file name for the export file.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Edit 20 december : nobody knows ?

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Lucquy

Nobody knows ? Really ?

Matthew L.

Typically when you export a report its in a 3rd party format (See screenshot) rather than an .rptdesign file.
 
How are you exporting your report (Export Data, Export Report)?
Or which options are you using to export with?

Lucquy

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Typically when you export a report its in a 3rd party format (See screenshot) rather than an .rptdesign file.
 
How are you exporting your report (Export Data, Export Report)?
Or which options are you using to export with?
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To export I go throught the report viewer doing export report and usually using the xlsx format, but it is the same wit the others formats.
Since my first message I find that the new reports are exported using the name of the rptdesign file.
So if I redesign an old report from scratch (without copy/paste anything) the export goes well using the report name.
It seems that there is some option attached to the report rptdesign determinig the way of the naming export file.
Thank you for your help.

Matthew L.

I think I understand the issue you are seeing.
Its not the file extension (ex: MyReport.xlsx vs MyReport.BIRTreport) it's the output file name (ex: MyReport.xlsx vs BIRTreport.xlsx) that is having an issue.
 
You said that redesigning an old report from scratch fixes the issue.
What version are the old reports based on (BIRT 2.5, BIRT 3.7, etc)?

Lucquy

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I think I understand the issue you are seeing.
Its not the file extension (ex: MyReport.xlsx vs MyReport.BIRTreport) it's the output file name (ex: MyReport.xlsx vs BIRTreport.xlsx) that is having an issue.
 
Yes it is MyReport.xlsx vs BIRTreport.xlsx.
 
 
You said that redesigning an old report from scratch fixes the issue.
 
What version are the old reports based on (BIRT 2.5, BIRT 3.7, etc)?
 
I don't remember it should be the version on Birt from Eclipse Keller.
At this point the culprit could be the updates of birt making modification on the old rptdesign files to adapt them to the new versions of Birt at each update.
 
 
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Matthew L.

If you have both working and non-working .rptdesign files, you can open both in a diff application (ex: Notepad++ with Compare plugin) and compare the raw XML of the designs to determine what "could" be causing the issue between the versions.
 
However you are probably correct that the culprit could be that the BIRT Design Engine is updating older XML structure methods and causing the issue to occur.

Lucquy

Thank you for your help. So I will compare the xwl and once I found the difference (If I am able to find) I come back here to give the result.
 
Thank's again.

Lucquy

At last I finally find that it is, I think, the solution.
The use of the name "BIRTReport.*" (default name ?) comes when the name of the .rptdesign file contains some letters with accent.
When renaming the .rptdesign file with current letters, the export file is generated with teh same name of the rptdesign file.
I don't know if there is a list for the unconvenient caracters.