| Author: deepak 04 Jul 2008 | Member Level: Gold | Rating:  Points: 6 |
If we are using XML Publisher, we must know what version is being used. So how do we find out the version of XML Publisher being used ? It kind of tricky as there is no screen that actually shows the product release versions.
This can be done indirectly using different ways. Here are some I found :
1) From the Output document. This is the easiest way and can be used by anyone to find the XML Pub version.
From the output document (PDF, RTF, HTML, Excel) we can extract this information by opening them and checking from some comments.
PDF : Open PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader (I am using Reader 8). Then File --> Properties --> Description Tab. Look for "PDF Producer" property. It also shows the PDF version used to create the PDF.
RTF : Open RTF in Word. File --> Properties --> Summary Tab. Look for "Comments" prorerty.
HTML, Excel : Open it in text editor. Look for comment like "Generated by".
2) From the Patch applied.
Each release comes on a different patch. So we can use this information to determine the XML Pub version. But you must have database access to do this.
Execute the following query :
SELECT DECODE (bug_number
, '3554613', '4.5.0'
, '3263588', 'XDO.H'
, '3822219', '5.0.0'
, '4236958', '5.0.1'
, '4206181', '5.5.0'
, '4561451', '5.6.0'
, '4905678', '5.6.1'
, '5097966', '5.6.2') PATCH, bug_number
FROM ad_bugs
WHERE bug_number IN
('3554613'
, '3263588'
, '3822219'
, '4236958'
, '4206181'
, '4561451'
, '4905678'
, '5097966');
3) From the class file version of MetaInfo.class
Again with each release the files get update and so do their versions. Bingo !! Read the file and determine the version. Oracle has given the following matrix to determine XML Pub version.
However, you must have access to the Application Server where these files are installed, so its kinda tricky.
This file is available at the following location :
$OA_JAVA/oracle/apps/xdo/common/MetaInfo.class
Metainfo.class
XML Publisher
Patch
115.27
XDO 5.6.2
5097966
115.26
XDO 5.6.1
4905678
115.24
XDO 5.6.0
4561451
115.22
XDO 5.5.0
4206181
115.21
XDO 5.0.1
4236958
115.19
XDO 5.0.0
3822219
115.15
XDO 4.5.0 (XDO.H)
3263588
115.12
XDO 4.3.0
3395631
Shows something like this :
$Header MetaInfo.java 115.19 2004/11/30 02:45:52 tsuzuki noship $
So, now we have enough of information to know what version of XML Pub is installed before we go ahead.
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