how to create log file in birt designer

My birt designer version is Eclipse BIRT Designer Version 2.2.1.r221_v20070924 
1) I am new to birt designer and I face many problem in using it, especially I don't know how to log the error, I want to create a log file for each report, I create a very simple report and I want to output a c:/birt.log file, but each time I run the "view report in web viewer", a new log file birt.log.n, birt.log.n.lck is created (where n stand for 1,2,3,..., n), why this would happen? 
 
2) 
is there something like log4j dailyroller which will create log file daily like birtYYYYMMDD.log (e.g. birt20110425.log, birt20110426.log)? 
 
3) 
I see an article from <a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/tivoli/library/t-tcr/ibm_tiv_tcr_report_logging.pdf'>Report Logging for JavaScript Routines</a> which teach to use the following to log birt script 
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'>
reportContext.setPersistentGlobalVariable("logfileName",
"DateRangeParm.log");
setupLogging();
logInitialize();
</pre>
but I found this method has a great problem, if the script has error before closeLogger(); is called, then no log file is genereated!! but the aim of log file is want to trace the error of script to debug..., so is this method not recommend? 
 
because I am new to birt designer, so I faced many problems, hope someone can help me. 
 
Also, I want to upload the .rptdesign but with error "this upload failed", I try using IE8 or firefox 3.6.16 but still has error. anyone can tell me how to upload the .rptdesign file?

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mwilliams

If you put your rptdesign file in a zip folder, you can upload it. Not sure what the issue would be with you not being able to attach one, but the zip will def work. For setting up logging setting the level of BIRT's built in logging, maybe this will help: http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT/FAQ/Scripting#Q:_Where_can_I_find_logs.3F

csj

try out this in your initilise script cammand in birt designer 
importPackage(Packages.com.ibm.maximo.report.script); 
mxReportScriptContext = MXReportScriptContext.initialize(reportContext); 
mxReportScriptContext.setDefaultLogLevel("DEBUG"); 
mxReportScriptContext.setDefaultLogFile("C:/temp/"); 
 
Regards, 
CSJ 
 
 
 
 
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'mwilliams'" data-cid="77129" data-time="1305666609" data-date="17 May 2011 - 02:10 PM">
If you put your rptdesign file in a zip folder, you can upload it. Not sure what the issue would be with you not being able to attach one, but the zip will def work. For setting up logging setting the level of BIRT's built in logging, maybe this will help: <a class='bbc_url' href='http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT/FAQ/Scripting#Q:_Where_can_I_find_logs.3F'>http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT/FAQ/Scripting#Q:_Where_can_I_find_logs.3F</a> </blockquote>

LeinadJan

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'csj'" data-cid="78837" data-time="1308661763" data-date="21 June 2011 - 06:09 AM">
try out this in your initilise script cammand in birt designer 
importPackage(Packages.com.ibm.maximo.report.script); 
mxReportScriptContext = MXReportScriptContext.initialize(reportContext); 
mxReportScriptContext.setDefaultLogLevel("DEBUG"); 
mxReportScriptContext.setDefaultLogFile("C:/temp/"); 
 
Regards, 
CSJ </blockquote>
 
Find your web.xml file and change the following parameters : 
 
 
<context-param> 
<param-name>BIRT_VIEWER_LOG_DIR</param-name> 
<param-value></param-value> 
</context-param> 
 
 
<context-param> 
<param-name>BIRT_VIEWER_LOG_LEVEL</param-name> 
<param-value>SEVERE</param-value> 
</context-param> 
 
This will log all your internal problems.

Sunil Shankarmurthy

HI BIRT Guru,
 
 Where can we find the report log files in BIRT viewer?

SimStar

I followed the steps but couldn't find the file. Is there any news where to find it? 
 
Thanks in advance.