Troubleshooting an encryption extension
Plug-in loading errors are logged in the Information Object Designer log file. To display the log file, do one of the following:
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If you are using the IO design perspective in BIRT Designer Professional, choose HelpAbout Actuate BIRT Designer ProfessionalInstallation DetailsConfigurationView Error Log.
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If you are using standalone Information Object Designer, choose HelpAbout Information Object DesignerInstallation DetailsConfigurationView Error Log.
On the Actuate iServer platform, plug-in loading errors are logged in $Actuate11\Jar\BIRT\platform\configuration on Windows platforms and in $Actuate11/iServer/jar/BIRT/platform/configuration on UNIX platforms.
Alternatively, decorate the Activator.start() and Activator.stop() methods with System.out statements to ensure that the plug-in is loaded. When the plug-in is loaded, debug statements appear on the console.

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