Found the solution. The Birt engine inside PHP/Java bridge for some reason hasn&#39;t been updated and thus it&#39;s incompatible with current versions of Birt designer. Not much has been said about upgrading the Birt inside Java Bridge (though quite simple steps); I found the solution here:<div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/202489/">http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/202489/</a></div><div><br></div><div>There are two Youtube videos. The second addresses this particular problem. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Note: The Birt runtime 3.7.1 doesn&#39;t have the <i>plugins</i> directory, so I used version 2.6.2 which works ok.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Samuel Waithaka <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:samwaithaka@gmail.com">samwaithaka@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">That&#39;s actually how they are currently (using Birt Viewer), but it&#39;s proving more convenient to have them in one place.<div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Paul Kevin <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:paultitude@gmail.com" target="_blank">paultitude@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Why would you want to use PHP/Java Bridge? Why not just seperate the apps<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div>

<div>On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Samuel Waithaka <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:samwaithaka@gmail.com" target="_blank">samwaithaka@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div>Anybody used PHP/Java bridge with Birt before? It seems to work fine with the given examples (created with older versions of Birt Designer  - version 2.3) but returns an exception and a long trace when trying with currently created reports (version 3.7)<div>



<br></div><div>I&#39;m almost sure the problem is the versions. I&#39;m also using a very recent PHP/Java bridge. What could be there problem?<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>
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