Reports 11g: REP-50125: rwbuilder.conf:java.lang.NullPointerException

Question

Hello all,
Please excuse my being too detailed.
After installing Forms 11g, Reports 11g in a new Windows 7 Professional 64bit machine, I was able to run both the Forms Builder and Reports Builder.
I then moved my forms and reports into a different folder, updated the FORMS_PATH and REPORTS_PATH in the registry, and added a key into keymap file:
C:\Oracle\Forms\user_projects\domains\ClassicDomain\config\fmwconfig\servers\WLS_REPORTS\applications\reports_11.1.1.2.0\configuration\cgicmd.dat
that allows hiding userid and password when calling up reports.
I then made a change to the following file:
C:\Oracle\Forms\user_projects\domains\ClassicDomain\config\fmwconfig\servers\WLS_REPORTS\applications\reports_11.1.1.2.0\configuration\rwservlet.properties
by adding the following line to force reload keymap:
<reloadkeymap>yes</reloadkeymap>
Having done that, I could call up reports from remote clients. Unfortunately, now I cannot run the Reports Builder.
Each time I tried, I would see a splash screen, then the usual process in task bar. But no builder appeared.
Right-clicking the process and selecting running the builder will produce a popup dialog declaring:
"REP-50125: rwbuilder.conf:java.lang.NullPointerException"
I have restarted the computer, restarting the Admin Server, Reports Server, etc., to no avail.
If I were to rename the rwbuilder.conf away, the Reports Builder will hang at the splash screen.
The shortcut I used to run the Reports Builder is:
C:\Oracle\Forms\asinst_1\config\reports\bin\rwbuilder.bat
The path to the rwbuilder.conf file is:
C:\Oracle\Forms\asinst_1\config\ReportsToolsComponent\ReportsTools\rwbuilder.conf
and its contents, which has never been modified since installation, follow:
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>
<server xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/reports/server" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.oracle.com/reports/server file:C:\Oracle\Forms\as_1/reports/dtd/rwserverconf.xsd" version="11.1.1.3.0">
<cache class="oracle.reports.cache.RWCache">
<property name="cacheSize" value="50"/>
<!--property name="cacheDir" value="your cache directory"/-->
<!--property name="maxCacheFileNumber" value="max number of cache files"/-->
</cache>
<!--Please do not change the id for reports engine.-->
<!--The class specifies below is subclass of _EngineClassImplBase and implements EngineInterface.-->
<engine id="rwEng" class="oracle.reports.engine.EngineImpl" maxEngine="1" minEngine="0" engLife="50">
<!--property name="sourceDir" value="your reports source directory"/-->
<!--property name="tempDir" value="your reports temp directory"/-->
<!--property name="keepConnection" value="yes"/-->
</engine>
<engine id="rwURLEng" class="oracle.reports.urlengine.URLEngineImpl" maxEngine="1" minEngine="0" engLife="50"/>
<!--security id="rwJaznSec" class="oracle.reports.server.RWJAZNSecurity"/-->
<!--destination destype="oraclePortal" class="oracle.reports.server.DesOraclePortal">
<property name="portalUserid" value="%PORTAL_DB_USERNAME%/%PORTAL_DB_PASSWORD%@%PORTAL_DB_TNSNAME%" encrypted="no"/>
</destination-->
<!--security id="rwSec" class="oracle.reports.server.RWSecurity">
</security-->
<destination destype="ftp" class="oracle.reports.plugin.destination.ftp.DesFTP"/>
<destination destype="WebDav" class="oracle.reports.plugin.destination.webdav.DesWebDAV"/>
<job jobType="report" engineId="rwEng" securityId="rwJaznSec"/>
<job jobType="rwurl" engineId="rwURLEng"/>
<notification id="mailNotify" class="oracle.reports.server.MailNotify">
<property name="succnotefile" value="succnote.txt"/>
<property name="failnotefile" value="failnote.txt"/>
</notification>
<!--notification id="wfNotify" class="oracle.reports.server.WorkflowNotify">
<property name="connStr" value="%WF_DB_USERNAME%/%WF_DB_PASSWORD%@%WF_DB_TNSNAME%" encrypted="no"/>
</notification-->
<!--jobStatusRepository class="oracle.reports.server.JobRepositoryDB">
<property name="repositoryConn" value="repo_db_username/repo_db_password@repo_db_tnsname" encrypted="no"/>
</jobStatusRepository-->
<connection maxConnect="50" idleTimeOut="15">
</connection>
<queue maxQueueSize="1000"/>
<!--jobRecovery auxDatFiles="yes"/-->
<pluginParam name="mailServer" value="%MAILSERVER_NAME%">
<!--property name="enableSSL" value="yes"/-->
</pluginParam>
<webLayout port="9002" docroot="C:\Oracle\Forms\user_projects\domains\ClassicDomain\servers\WLS_REPORTS\tmp\_WL_user\reports_11.1.1.2.0\uqanoi\war"/>
</server>
Will really appreciate any help!
Thank you.
Jacob

Answer 1

Hi,
This looks like it might be related to bug 6358304.
Go to My Oracle Support site (Metalink) Patchs & Updates tab. Then search for 6358304.
There is a patch downloadable for this which worked for me though I was getting the error when running reports via the server and not through starting reports builder.
However if you search the Knowledge base for 6358304 there is a work around available by editing the cgicmd.dat - specifically by adding a space at the end of the key you added to the file:
1. In the cgicmd.dat file, add a space at the end of the key line.
for example:
my_key: userid=hr/hr@oradb %* %P <--< add a space after the "P".
2. Additional workaround is to change from :
%* %P
to:
%P %*
Hope that works for you, otherwise I would recommend raising a support request with Oracle.
Cheers,
Toby.