Problem with displaying report in PDF format in the viewer

Due to whatever reason I was not able to accomplish the following trivial thing: to display the test report that comes as an example with the Birt runtime in PDF format using a Birt WEB viewer. I was using the following url for it: 
 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://localhost/birt-viewer/run?__report=test.rptdesign&_format=pdf'>http://localhost/birt-viewer/run?__report=test.rptdesign&_format=pdf</a> 
 
No matter what I did, I cannot succeed to display this report in the format other than htlm; it seems that it ignores the _format option and uses a default value for it: html 
 
On the other hand I was able to successfully use the export function in PDF format when I was using frameset mapping. 
 
What I am doing wrong? I would appreciate your help regarding this matter. 
 
Thanks 
 
P.S. my environment; birt-runtime-2_3_1, Tomcat 5.5.25, windows XP

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rmurphy

The correct use of the __format URL parameter uses two underscores. In the URL you have posted, you only have one.

Rob

Allaj

Thanks, I retried my test with the corrected URL: 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://localhost/birt-viewer/run?__report=test.rptdesign&__format=pdf'>http://localhost/birt-viewer/run?__report=test.rptdesign&__format=pdf</a> 
 
This time it seems the system did recognized the __format parameter, but I got the message: Internet Explore cannot display the web page. 
 
I looked at the tomcat log, and the only suspicious line I found is WARNING: Here it is the entire catalina.log ( note, I had to shorten it because of char number limitation ( I started with the warning: 
 
WARNING: Unable to find required classes (javax.activation.DataHandler and javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart). Attachment support is disabled. 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:15 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory loadFontMappingConfig 
INFO: load font config in bundleentry://52/fontsConfig.xml cost 1021ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:15 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/ko.UTF-8/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:15 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/share/fonts/zh_CN/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in C:/windows/fonts cost:3165ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/zh/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in f:/WINNT/fonts cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in C:/WINNT/fonts cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_2/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/zh_HK.BIG5HK/X11/fonts/TT cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_8/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_5/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in f:/windows/fonts cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/X/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/zh_CN.GB18030/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/euro_fonts/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in d:/windows/fonts cost:30ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in d:/WINNT/fonts cost:30ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/zh.GBK/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/ru.ansi-1251/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_9/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/ar/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/zh_TW/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/share/fonts/zh_TW/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_15/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/hi_IN.UTF-8/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/zh_TW.BIG5/X11/fonts/TT cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/ko/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_7/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in e:/WINNT/fonts cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/th_TH/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in g:/WINNT/fonts cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in g:/windows/fonts cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/ja/X11/fonts/TT cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/share/fonts/ko/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in e:/windows/fonts cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/tt cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_13/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:18 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory registerFontPath 
INFO: register fonts in /usr/openwin/lib/locale/KOI8-R/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:19 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory loadFontMappingConfig 
INFO: load font config in bundleentry://52/fontsConfig_win32.xml cost 30ms 
Jan 23, 2009 12:26:19 PM org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappingManagerFactory loadFontMappingConfig 
INFO: load font config in bundleentry://52/fontsConfig_pdf.xml cost 30ms

Virgil Dodson

Hi Alla, what version of Java runtime is on this machine and made available to Tomcat? By the way, another person had that same question at <a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.com/forum/deploying-integrating-birt-report-engine-applications/10956-error-running-birt-viewer.html'>http://www.birt-exchange.com/forum/deploying-integrating-birt-report-engine-applications/10956-error-running-birt-viewer.html</a>. I don't know if that solution will help you since I've never had to add extra files but maybe worth a try.