You need the source files for your widgets in the classpath of the project that wishes to use them. A "normal" jar usually contains only compiled classes so that might be your problem. Take a look at the packaged jars for the gwt-incubator project, that'll give you an example of gwt widgets packaged in a jar.
http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit-incubator/wiki/Downloads?tm=2 Hope that helps, Salvador On May 9, 12:58 am, "Donald.W.Long" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, > > What I really wish to do is create a set of widgets and publish them > as a jar file so others can use them. How does one setup the jar file > for GWT. What does the jar file need? > > Thanks > > On May 7, 8:37 am, "Donald.W.Long" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > When you create a project in eclipse for a widget, do you create a gwt > > project or just a normal java project. > > > I still can not make the below work, it states can not find > > the ????.gwt.xml file for the widget, even if I add this in the path. > > > From what I have seen its very hard to create a widget outside your > > normal GWT project. > > > Has anyone done this before, I am sure they have. > > > Any documentation on creating a widget for GWT that you would publish > > to others in a jar, that would help a lot. > > > thanks > > > On May 6, 8:04 pm, sim123 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If I am understanding your problem correctly, you are trying to > > > inherit a module. > > > > This is what I did to inherit another module, when both projects are > > > in my eclipse environment : > > > > Go to Project Properties > Java Build Path > Libraries > Add External > > > Class Folder > Add source folder of your widget project. > > > > You could Add the widget project to refer the classes instead of > > > creating and using a jar file. > > > > I hope it helps. > > > > On May 6, 5:41 pm, "Donald.W.Long" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > I need a bit of help with the following. > > > > > I am using the latest 1.6.xxxx GWT tools. > > > > > I created a java project and created a new widget. I then exported > > > > the widget via eclipse to a jar file. At this point I then created a > > > > full GWT project and attempted to use the jar file in the project. > > > > > I can not figure out how to use this jar file in my eclipse GWT > > > > project. I can make it an external jar file for eclipse and the > > > > eclipse env is happy. When I try to run the application from eclipse > > > > I get all sorts of errors. > > > > > I added an inherits in the xml file for the jar file and also added > > > > the jar file to the run classpath. > > > > > When I launched the program I always get that it can not find the jar > > > > file. > > > > > How do you use a jar file from another project in a GWT 1.6 project. > > > > > NOTE: I even tried moving the jar file to the war\WEB-INF\lib and this > > > > did not work. > > > > > HELP HELP > > > > > Thanks Donald W. Long- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
