"SWT Resource was not properly disposed" error with BIRT report

Products

• CA Harvest Software Change Manager
• CA Harvest Software Change Manager - OpenMake Meister

Issue/Introduction

After installing the Eclipse plugin and the BIRT report plugin according to installation instructions, I created a report.  When I tried to run it, the report did not display.  In the "C:\Users\<userid>\eclipse-workspace\.metadata" folder I checked the ".log" file and saw this error message:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui.ide 4 4 2025-12-23 20:11:59.703
!MESSAGE Not properly disposed SWT resource
!STACK 0
java.lang.Error: SWT Resource was not properly disposed
 at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Resource.initNonDisposeTracking(Resource.java:172)
 at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Resource.<init>(Resource.java:120)
 at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image.<init>(Image.java:669)
...

Environment

Harvest Software Change Manager v14.5.01 with Eclipse Plugin and BIRT Reporting plugin installed.

Resolution

I added the following line to my <eclipse installation>\eclipse.ini file and restarted Eclipse.

-Dorg.eclipse.swt.graphics.Resource.reportNonDisposed=false

After this the problem went away and I could display my BIRT report

Additional Information

Installation instructions for the BIRT reporting module are found here: Install CA Harvest BIRT Reports

Instructions for creating and using BIRT reports are found here: Creating and Using BIRT Reports