After installing BIRT 4.4.2 all-in-one package I am not getting reports

Question

I recently installed the all-in-one package of BIRT 4.4.2 version. After that I prepared a demo report on it. But when I am running it or debugging it I am getting error. Do some plugins like Report engine etc. need to be installed after installing the Report Designer?

If yes, please someone give me step by step procedure of adding plugins. I am getting the following error after running:

Jun 04, 2015 11:34:49 AM org.eclipse.birt.report.debug.internal.core.launcher.ReportLauncher renderReport SEVERE: Engine exception org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.EngineException: Failed to initialize emitter. at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.EmitterUtil.getOuputStream(EmitterUtil.java:82) at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.html.HTMLReportEmitter.initialize(HTMLReportEmitter.java:358) at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.EngineTask.initializeContentEmitter(EngineTask.java:2320) at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunAndRenderTask.doRun(RunAndRenderTask.java:118) at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunAndRenderTask.run(RunAndRenderTask.java:77) at org.eclipse.birt.report.debug.internal.core.launcher.ReportLauncher.createReport(ReportLauncher.java:620) at org.eclipse.birt.report.debug.internal.core.launcher.ReportLauncher.renderReport(ReportLauncher.java:566) at org.eclipse.birt.report.debug.internal.core.launcher.ReportLauncher.run(ReportLauncher.java:480) at org.eclipse.birt.report.debug.internal.core.launcher.ReportLauncher.main(ReportLauncher.java:124) at org.eclipse.birt.report.debug.internal.core.ReportDebugger.start(ReportDebugger.java:39) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:380) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:235) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:648) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:603) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1465) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1438) Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: \Customers.rptdesign.html (Access is denied) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream.(Unknown Source) at java.io.FileOutputStream.(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.EmitterUtil.getOuputStream(EmitterUtil.java:77) ... 22 more

Jun 04, 2015 11:34:49 AM org.eclipse.birt.report.debug.internal.core.vm.ReportVMServer$1 run WARNING: [Server] client disconnected

It would be grateful if someone could help me with this as I am completely new to this software.

Thanks.

Answer 1

If it is simply a permissions issue run the BIRT Designer or BIRT runtime as Administrator.

Answer 2

Hmm, doesn't the exception already say it all?

java.io.FileNotFoundException: \Customers.rptdesign.html (Access is denied) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream.(Unknown Source) at java.io.FileOutputStream.(Unknown Source) ...

You are trying to create an output file \Customers.rptdesign.html at the root of your current disk and obviously you don't have write permission there.