How can i check what verison of BIRT I'm currently running?

Harris_CM

I know this is a seemingly simple and stupid question but can't seem to find an answer. Is there a command or somewhere in the Report Designer perspective that can show me what version of BIRT I am currently running? I've tried downloading the new 2.3 version. The automated Update Manager seemed to have difficulty installing. My current version is I believe 2.2.2. I've downloaded the birt-report-framework-2_3_0.zip file and copied all the plugins to my C:Program FilesEclipseeclipseplugins directory. I've also run eclipse -clean from a command line to try and start the new version.

cypherdj

To start with, what version of Eclipse are you running?

Birt 2.3 Report Designer will only work with Eclipse Ganymede (aka Eclipse 3.4).

So if you've copied your 2.3 framework over Eclipse Europa (aka Eclipse 3.3), I'm guessing you will find it simply won't work.

I found it difficult to find out what version of the report designer is currently installed, but eventually came across the following:
go to Window->Preferences, select Report Design->Template.

The template folder *should* contain a path similar to:
/C:/Program Files/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui_2.2.2.r222_v20071226/

In this case, this is Birt Report Designer 2.2.2.

Hope that helps,
Cedric