I'm using Eclipse 2.1.1 on Windows XP Pro and have used it to generate WARs many times. The catch is that you need to install the Sysdeo plug-in. If you do that and configure it correctly, you will get a new context menu option in the Package Explorer when you select your project and right-click: it will say Tomcat Project and one of its suboptions is "Export to the WAR file sets in project properties".
The Sysdeo plug-in is available at: http://www.sysdeo.com/eclipse/tomcatPlugin.html. I found the instructions a bit weak when I installed V2.1 and sent some suggestions for improvements to the Sysdeo site but I'm not sure my suggestions were incorporated. If you have any trouble with installing/configuring Sysdeo, let me know and I'll send you the instructions I wrote, which are a bit more detailed. Rhino ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerald Powel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:07 PM Subject: generate WAR > > > Hi and thanks, > > My IDE is Eclipse. Are there any users of this software on this list who can tell me if Eclipse will build a WAR and how? I have looked at the help section but found nothing related to this subject. > > Thanks > > J. > > > > WAR stands for Web Archive Resource, it is basically a .jar file containing > all the files of your web-app. If you use an IDE such as NetBeans it is very > easy to create, simple right click the root folder and select Generate WAR, > choose your target location to save the war file to and that is it. > > You can then place this .war in your tomcat/webapps folder and the next time > you restart Tomcat it will unpack the .war and create a default context for > your web-app as well as do any initialization you may have specified in your > web.xml > > HTH > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo!Messenger --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
