What is jss_431.zip file?

[hozawa]

There is a jss_431.zip file in Jaspersoft Studio download site. I thought it was bundled eclipse but it only contains features and plugins directories. What is this file for and how do I use it?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/jasperstudio/files/DevelopersInfo/targetPlatforms/

[Massimo Rabbi]

Hi Hozawa,
it is a target platform in order to develop plugins for Jaspersoft Studio.
So you can:

1. Add this target platform to your Eclipse via Preferences dialog, page "Plug-in Development > Target Platform". You will have to create an empty one and later add the directory location where you extracted the zip file;
2. You can later use the Team Project set file jaspersoftStudioCE-plugin.psf (look in DevelopeInfo folder on Sourceforge);
3. Start creating your plugins or fix the existing ones in order to submit patches to be reviewed.

You can do the same for 3.8.2 target platform that is the one on which is based the final build. In this case you can download the related zip file and use the Team Project set file jaspersoftStudioCE-rcp.psf. This will allow you to also, if you want, create a "test build" of a custom JSS. But for this there some additional steps to be taken, involving Maven/Tycho.

Target platforms allow to work with your currently existing IDE, without "dirting" it with new additional plugins.
When you select a specific target platform, the plugins will be compiled and run against that one.

You can perform a Google search, anyhow here below two links on Target Platforms:
- http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.pde.doc.user%2Fconcepts%2Ftarget.htm
- https://wiki.eclipse.org/PDE/Target_Definitions

Best regards,
Massimo.