[news.eclipse.birt] Re: Disable fully Birt logging

[mwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Williams)]

Nicolas Thuillier wrote:

> Hi,

> In order to disable Birt logging, in 4.2 I was using
> config.setLogConfig(null, Level.OFF).

> But in 4.3, I'm getting info messages through the console:

> Oct 24, 2008 2:40:18 PM
> org.eclipse.birt.report.item.crosstab.core.re.executor.TableColumnGenera
> tor generateColumns
> INFO: Type: COLUMN_EDGE, Measure: 0, Data Position: 2

> Oct 24, 2008 2:40:23 PM
> org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappi
> ngManagerFactory loadFontMappingConfig
> INFO: load font config in bundleentry://50/fontsConfig.xml cost 63ms

> Oct 24, 2008 2:40:23 PM
> org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.pdf.font.FontMappi
> ngManagerFactory registerFontPath
> INFO: register fonts in
> /usr/openwin/lib/locale/ko.UTF-8/X11/fonts/TrueType cost:0ms

> Even if I set the logconfig with a directory:
> config.setLogConfig("c:\temp", Level.INFO), no message are written in
> the created log file (ReportEngine_2008_10_24_14_21_56.log), the
> messages still appear in the console.


> I noticed than the class FontMappingManagerFactory uses in the
> loadFontMappingConfig and registrerFontPath methods:
> logger.info( "..."); 

> And almost everytime in the birt code, logger.log( Level.INFO, "...")
> is used instead of logger.info(). Is it the reason why those messages
> are not catch by the logger?

> Thanking you in advanced for your help.

> Nicolas.


Hi Nicolas,

You should be able to control the logging by editing the 
logging.properties file in the lib directory you're running off of.  You 
change the .level line to SEVERE or WARNING.  Or have you already done 
this?

Regards,

Michael