As a result,
installation of iText is a manual procedure. Fortunately, it is a very easy
installation process.
For versions of BIRT prior to 2.2, use iText version 1.3.2.2; for later versions, use
iText 1.46. Installation for all versions remains the same. Installation of iText
under the BIRT Report designer is as simple as copying the iText.jar file to the
appropriate location. This is located under the eclipse\plugins\com.lowagie.
itext_
folder.
Once it is copied to this location, you will be able to export report designs as PDF
documents. Instructions for installing iText to the J2EE web viewer are a little
different, and will be covered in Chapter 11 under the section about the Web
Viewer Installation.
Installation of BIRT through the Eclipse
Plug-in Update Program
The next section covers how to install BIRT using the Eclipse plug-in manager. Let's
say that you already have an Eclipse instance that you use regularly. As Eclipse can
typically be a rather large package, installing a separate instance may not be feasible
due to disk space constraints, policy, or some other limiting factor. In cases such as
these, it is more appropriate to add on to your existing Eclipse installation.
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Keep in mind that if you take it upon yourself to install BIRT as a plug-in, you must
also install all the prerequisite plug-ins that the BIRT designer is built on top of.
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