Step-by-step installation instructions:
- Installation for eclipse BIRT versions 4.x
- Installation for eclipse BIRT versions 2.x and 3.x
- Installation for TomCat / JBoss / BIRT runtime
Installation for eclipse BIRT versions 4.x
Step 1: Select "Install New Software" in the Help menu of eclipse BIRT
Step 2: Select "Add..."
Step 3: Select "Archive..." and select the dowloaded zip file
Step 4: Select "BIRT Barcode Tool" and click next
Step 5: "Install Details", select next
Step 6: Select "I accept the terms of the license agreement" and click Finish
Step 7: Security Warning, press "ok" (the BIRT barcode plugin is not digitally signed)
Step 8: The installation is running
Step 9: Restart eclipse BIRT
Step 10: Installation finished. Now, the Barcode Report Item is available.
Place a barcode item on your report, add some barcode content (in the properties of the barcode item) and ...
... test the preview:
Installation for eclipse BIRT Versions 2.x and 3.x
The directory "plugins" of the downloaded ZIP file contains two .jar files:
Copy these two .jar files from the downloaded ZIP file into your BIRT / eclipse "plugins" directory.
Start BIRT, the barcode tool appears in the BIRT toolbar.
Installation for TomCat / JBoss / BIRT runtime
The directory "plugins" of the downloaded ZIP file contains the following .jar file:
Copy the file com.tm3.barcode_2.2.0.jar from the downloaded ZIP file into the WEB-INF\lib directory of your application.
Restart TomCat.
More information about the deployment of BIRT in TomCat can be found here: [Link]