[news.eclipse.birt] Re: BirtException when using Report Engine API

[teratorn@xxxxxxxxx (Eric P. Mangold)]

Gravy wrote:

> Hi,

> Just a try: change output path to the same directory:

> String outputPath = "test1.html";

Tried it, but no luck.

This is the only stack trace information I have:

Thread [main] (Suspended (exception EngineException))	
	RunAndRenderTask.run() line: 78	
	BirtRunner.main(String[]) line: 49

Regards,
Eric P. Mangold

> and please provide stack trace of this piece of code even if it is not 
> printing 'anything':

> // If I wrap the call to run() in a try/except I *can* successfully
> // catch the error... but printStackTrace() does not print anything...(?)
>          //try {
>          //	task.run();
>          //} catch (Exception e) {
>          //	e.printStackTrace(); //
>          //}


> Ludevik

> Eric P. Mangold wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to run a simple report which references a single XML data 
> > source.
> >
> > When I call run() on the RunAndRenderTask the program dies with exit 
> > code 1.
> >
> > Running under Eclipse debugger I am told that a BirtException was raised.
> >
> > The stack trace is useless, because it points to the closing brace, "}",
> > of a try/finally block which does some cleanup in run()... this seems to be
> > hiding the true source of the Exception, which I suspect is somewhere in
> > doRun().
> >
> > I've placed my source code, .rptdesign file and xml data file on the 
> > web, here:
> >
> > http://teratorn.org/code/birt-runner/
> >
> > The code is simple and straightforward.. and I've commented the problem 
> > areas.
> >
> > In order to debug the source of this exception I have attempted to get 
> > BIRT running from source code, but I've failed *miserably* at doing this.
> >
> > The online docs for building BIRT from CVS are far out of date, and I've 
> > tried everything I can think of make it work... but I've never gotten 
> > less than 2,000 build errors.
> >
> > So, help telling me what is wrong with my usage of the BIRT Report 
> > Engine API, AND, help telling me how to build BIRT from source would be 
> > greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Eric P. Mangold