Fusion Bar Chart exception when calling report from web application

Issue:

If you are trying to run a report with a Fusion bar chart in your web application using an HTTP report servlet, the report runs in the web application without the Fusion chart and generates the following exception.  The report runs with the Fusion chart in iReport Designer and you are not using HTTPS.

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException

at com.jaspersoft.jasperreports.fusion.BasePdfHandler.exportElement(BasePdfHandler.java:126)

at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportGenericElement(JRPdfExporter.java:2672)

at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportElements(JRPdfExporter.java:743)

at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportPage(JRPdfExporter.java:695)

at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportReportToStream(JRPdfExporter.java:584)

at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportReport(JRPdfExporter.java:359)

at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperExportManager.exportReportToPdf(JasperExportManager.java:184)

at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperRunManager.runReportToPdf(JasperRunManager.java:205)

at com.ciminc.compass.collage.PwReportServlet$1.execute(PwReportServlet.java:103)

at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.doWork(SessionImpl.java:1873)

at org.jboss.seam.persistence.HibernateSessionProxy.doWork(HibernateSessionProxy.java:172)

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException

at java.io.File.(File.java:222)

at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRResourcesUtil.resolveFile(JRResourcesUtil.java:257)

at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRLoader.loadBytesFromLocation(JRLoader.java:458)

at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRLoader.loadBytesFromLocation(JRLoader.java:416)

at com.jaspersoft.jasperreports.fusion.BasePdfHandler.readSwf(BasePdfHandler.java:132)

at com.jaspersoft.jasperreports.fusion.BasePdfHandler.exportElement(BasePdfHandler.java:74)

Resolution:

Try this setting in jasperreports.properties. [Change localhost and port number to match your system's IP and port number.]

fusion SWF paths

com.jaspersoft.jasperreports.fusion.charts.context.swf.url=fusion/charts

com.jaspersoft.jasperreports.fusion.maps.context.swf.url=fusion/maps

com.jaspersoft.jasperreports.fusion.widgets.context.swf.url=fusion/widgets

Change to:

com.jaspersoft.jasperreports.fusion.charts.base.swf.url=http://localhost:8080/jasperserver-pro/fusion/charts

com.jaspersoft.jasperreports.fusion.maps.base.swf.url=http://localhost:8080/jasperserver-pro/fusion/maps

com.jaspersoft.jasperreports.fusion.widgets.base.swf.url=http://localhost:8080/jasperserver-pro/fusion/widgets

Ref. Case #00022461 -- 19:19, 31 October 2011 (UTC)