VelocityReport Plugin

As I said during SW 2011, this is not as obvious as it sounds: this location is used to find the macros, to serve temporary files (for web clients) and as a root location for templates, this is done when the server plugin is initialized...

Also, be aware that even if I was adding this capability to change the report folder with a 'setDefaultFolder()' method, it would be changed for all clients...

But maybe there is another (better way) to do this, so if you could explain further what you want to achieve, I could see what I can do and/or give you some advice on how to do it...

Hi Diana,

I think I have found a way to do this, the way the JasperReports plugin does (meaning this is only valid for one client session and it has to be set each time for each client session: this doesn't change the server value), but I'm still doubtful this is needed...

You haven't explained why you really need it...

The way I see it, it's very easy to set a relative template when you request a report, for example:

plugins.VelocityReport.previewReport("/template.html", getReportContext()); // will get it in the root folder (as set with the server property)
plugins.VelocityReport.previewReport("/users/user1/template.html", getReportContext()); // will get it in the /users/user folder inside the root folder

Don't you think that fit your needs already?