By default, Actuate iServer and Information Console load custom plug-ins from this folder. If your application uses a different location to store custom plug-ins, you must set this location in each product’s link file. Actuate products use link files to locate folders where the custom plug-ins are deployed. The name of the link files are customPlugins.link and customODA.link. As the file names suggest, the customODA.link file stores the path for custom ODA drivers, and customPlugins.link is for all plug-ins used by BIRT reports and the BIRT engine, such as custom emitters, or Flash object library plug-ins. Typically, the link files are stored in a \links subfolder of the Eclipse instance of the product. For Actuate BIRT Designer, for example, the file is located in:
When you install the InformationConsole.war file to your own J2EE application server, the shared folder MyClasses is not available. In this case, custom plug-ins should be copied to this folder:
