Create to PDF does not work when exported

I am using BIRT in an RCP application. When I send the output directly to a PDF it works from my development environment but when exported it does not work. There is no error message and the log messages I added indicate the code is being called. 
 
I changed it to use HTML and that works but the users want it directly into a PDF opened in an OS window using Adobe Reader. 
 
Any suggestions on what to try to get this to work when exported? 
 
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// display the PDF allowing the user to print if desired
Browser browser = new Browser(PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getShell(), SWT.NONE);
StatusManager.getManager().handle(new Status(IStatus.INFO, Activator.PLUGIN_ID, "Browser created", null), StatusManager.LOG);

Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<String, Object>();
params.put(WebViewer.SERVLET_NAME_KEY, WebViewer.VIEWER_FRAMESET);
params.put(WebViewer.FORMAT_KEY, WebViewer.PDF);

Map<String, String> emitmap = new HashMap<String, String>();
emitmap.put("__title", "ACRewind Report");
params.put("EMITTER_OPTIONS_KEY", emitmap);

DefaultScope.INSTANCE.getNode(ViewerPlugin.PLUGIN_ID).put(WebViewer.APPCONTEXT_EXTENSION_KEY, "windingcard.appcontext");

StatusManager.getManager().handle(new Status(IStatus.INFO, Activator.PLUGIN_ID, "Params created", null), StatusManager.LOG);

WindingCardAppContext.setResult(selectedResult);
WindingCardAppContext.setMotor(editor.getMotor());
WindingCardAppContext.setCustomer(cust);
StatusManager.getManager().handle(new Status(IStatus.INFO, Activator.PLUGIN_ID, "before call to WebViewer.display()", null), StatusManager.LOG);

WebViewer.display(repName, browser, params);
StatusManager.getManager().handle(new Status(IStatus.INFO, Activator.PLUGIN_ID, "before call to layout()", null), StatusManager.LOG);

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JasonW

This sounds like you are missing some plugin in the deployed env. Do you get anything in the workspace log?

Jason

tvogel

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'JasonW'" data-cid="101424" data-time="1338308726" data-date="29 May 2012 - 09:25 AM">
This sounds like you are missing some plugin in the deployed env. Do you get anything in the workspace log? 
 
Jason </blockquote>
 
The log files are clean. I use a target environment in the IDE that is the same as the exported one, so I'm pretty confident I am using the same set of plugins.

JasonW

Can you try the attached example?

Jason

tvogel

Jason, 
That didn't work either. Perhaps I am approaching this the wrong way. 
 
Since the requirement is to produce only the PDF file, I have been looking at the Report Engine. I am starting from the EclipseCon 2011 samples. The piece I am missing is how to get the report's script source into the RE. In the viewer I used the line below but this doesn't seem to apply to RE. Since it has neither plugin id nor APPCONTEXT_EXTENSION_KEY. 
 
What is the right approach for using a scripted data source from RE in an RCP application? 
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DefaultScope.INSTANCE.getNode(ViewerPlugin.PLUGIN_ID).put(WebViewer.APPCONTEXT_EXTENSION_KEY, "windingcard.appcontext");
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JasonW

I do not understand why that example did not work for you. It worked for me. I am not 100% on what you mean by geting the report's scrip source into the RE. You can add any java object into the task and then reference in script like:

task.getAppContext( "myjavaobj", myjavaobjinstance );

Then in script or expression builder use
var myobj =reportContext.getAppContext("myjavaobj");
myobj.mymethod();

Jason