How to integrate BIRT with existing Web Application

As par the steps mention in document to Install BIRT Engine it seems it can be used as a stand alone Web Application. But I want like to use BIRT with my existing Web Application, how can I do so ? Any idea ?

Following are the steps I have copied from documentation just for reference

Installation Steps

* Download the BIRT Report Engine Runtime zip file.
* Unzip the file to your computer.
* Go to the location where you unzipped the runtime zip file and locate the WebViewerExample folder.
* Copy the WebViewerExample folder to your Tomcat webapps directory. Feel free to rename the viewer to whatever you'd like. For this example, we'll rename the WebViewerExample "BIRT-viewer".
* If you already have Tomcat running, restart it. Otherwise, startup Tomcat.
* To be sure the viewer has been installed correctly, go to the following URL in your preferred browser: http://localhost:8080/manager/html.
* If you see BIRT-viewer listed as an application, you've deployed it correctly, continue by clicking on the viewer link. If you don't see it, repeat the above steps.
* You will see a page confirming that you installed the viewer correctly with an option to "View Example". Click that. If you do not see this page, repeat the previous steps.
* You should see a simple report example if your viewer is working correctly.

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JasonW

If you want to use the viewer in your existing web app you will either need to merge the code and directory structure in to you app or use the tag library approach. Take a look at these links:
http://birtworld.blogspot.com/2007/09/22-birt-tag-library-building-custom.html
http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/deploy/viewerUsage2.2.php#tags

Jason

cdoniat

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'JasonW'" data-cid="67689" data-time="1282658095" data-date="24 August 2010 - 06:54 AM">
If you want to use the viewer in your existing web app you will either need to merge the code and directory structure in to you app or use the tag library approach. Take a look at these links: 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://birtworld.blogspot.com/2007/09/22-birt-tag-library-building-custom.html'>http://birtworld.blogspot.com/2007/09/22-birt-tag-library-building-custom.html</a> 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/deploy/viewerUsage2.2.php#tags'>http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/deploy/viewerUsage2.2.php#tags</a> 
 
Jason </blockquote>
 
Thanks Jason. 
 
I did from this link but BIRT Web project is not there. Is there any configuration to do to activate it? 
 
Christophe

JasonW

You need to do a new project and select dynamic web project under web. Then select the BIRT Report configuration on the second dialog in the wizard. See the attached screenshot.

Jason

JasonW

Example image