Re: Calling BIRT from RPG

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

I put together an open source project called the RPG Report Engine (RRE) 
that I have been hosting (but the site is down while I have been 
relocating to Texas).  It should be back up next week but if you want to 
contact me offlist, I can send you the source. Basically, it uses 
techniques that both Scott Klement and Aaron Bartell (and a host of 
other folks on the list) use to call Java code from RPG.  There are lots 
of good examples around.  I originally had both Birt and Jasper Reports 
support in RRE but pulled the Birt piece due to lack of interest and 
bloat in the Birt code base.  But I still have the old version that 
allows for calls to either BIRT or Jasper reports (based on older 
versions of each).

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 11/23/2012 4:20 AM, PAPWORTH Paul wrote:
> Hello
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> As our move to full Java is going to take some time we would I would
> like to know if anybody has had any experience in executing a Birt
> Report from a RPG batch programme. Is calling/using a web service the
> way to go ?  How is it best to pass any eventual parameters from RPG to
> Birt ?
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> Thanks in anticpation