Find the version, minor version, and patch level of my JViews JARs

Question

How to find the version, minor version and patch level of JViews JARs?

Answer

You can know the current patch level of your distribution with the following command line:

java -jar lib/jviews-framework-all.jar

or simply by double cliking on the jar for which you want to obtain the information. It will print out something like:

Version: 8.8.0
Patch Level: 8
Build Number: 3834
Release Date: 20120824

From the API: This sample shows how to find the version, minor version, and patch level of the JViews JARs used by the JVM.

Download Sample Main.java

Note: In order to run this sample with JViews 8.7 and 8.8, you must call the ilog.views.util.IlvProductUtil.DeploymentLicenseRequired method with the appropriate argument. See the General information > Deployment licenses > Declaring the use of IBM ILOG JViews services section in the documentation for more information.