This package includes the minimal set of BIRT plug-ins that the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) requires to build a BIRT web project using the BIRT Web Project Wizard. This package also includes the source code for these plug-ins.
How to install BIRT Web Tools Integration
On the BIRT website, perform the following operations:
1 Navigate to BIRT Downloads for build 4.3.1.
2 In More Downloads, choose full BIRT 4.3.1 Download Page.
3 In the BIRT Web Tools Integration section, choose the BIRT Web Tools Integration archive file:
birt-wtp-integration-sdk-4_3_1.zip
4 Extract all files from the archive to the directory that contains your Eclipse directory.
Extracting creates the BIRT features and plug-ins in the eclipse\features and eclipse\plugins directories.
To test the BIRT Web Tools Integration package, create a BIRT web project in Eclipse.
How to test the BIRT Web Tools Integration installation
1 Start Eclipse.
2 From the Eclipse main menu, choose File➛New➛Project.
3 In New Project—Select a wizard, expand Web, select Dynamic Web Project. Choose Next.
4 In New Project—Dynamic Web Project, make the choices that you need for your BIRT web project, then choose Finish.
If you do not have the Java EE perspective open, Eclipse displays the following message:
This kind of project is associated with the Java EE perspective. Do you want to open this perspective now?