Ted, You could say that the included ant functionality is IDE agnostic. You can, of course, tweak your IDE of choice to include the jars in its class path.
Please take into consideration that OFBiz is not just a framework for developers, but also a solution for SME business owners who often are agnostic to the whole IDE aspect. Regards, Pierre Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad > Op 13 jun. 2014 om 19:43 heeft Ted Byers <[email protected]> het volgende > geschreven: > > Thanks Jacques and Adrian, > > I know the drives have to be in the class path. > > I didn't realize that I could use those ant targets to download them. > > But, I see both drives already installed, along with a large number of > other jar files (e.g. junit4, log4j, &c.), in /usr/share/java. The > question is two fold. Why doesn't ant, or Eclipse, include that > directory in its class path? And, can either be compelled to include > that directory in the class path? If so, how? Is there a downside to > doing so? > > Thanks > > Ted > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Jacques Le Roux > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Also you can grab them automatically (in the right place) using ant >> >> The targets are >> download-PG-JDBC >> download-mySQL-JDBC >> >> By and large use "ant -p" for targets doc >> >> Jacques >> >> Le 13/06/2014 18:12, Adrian Crum a écrit : >> >>> The JDBC drivers must be in the classpath, so you will need to copy them >>> into the project folder. >>> >>> You can configure OFBiz to use any combination of data sources. >>> >>> Adrian Crum >>> Sandglass Software >>> www.sandglass-software.com >>> >>>> On 6/13/2014 9:06 AM, Ted Byers wrote: >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Adrian Crum >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> True, Eclipse is complex, but the advantage is you only need to learn >>>>> one >>>>> IDE, not many. >>>>> >>>> I am beginning to suspect that it is encountering the law of >>>> diminishing returns, in being so complex, many would give up on it. >>>> >>>> I can now confirm that the issue is primarily one of my lack of >>>> familiarity with it. For example, ... >>>> >>>>> Many people have difficulty getting Subversion to work in Eclipse, so >>>>> you >>>>> might want to use an alternate method. >>>>> >>>> I now know that subversion is working correctly in Eclipse. >>>> >>>> I, quite by accident, found a way into a 'package view', and was able >>>> to follow the instructions you previously gave for resolving the build >>>> path errors, and this was successful. I have now built trunk and >>>> 13.07, as checked out using svn, using this method. Until a few >>>> minutes ago, I did not know that that package view existed. >>>> >>>>> Check out a local copy of the OFBiz project using a regular Subversion >>>>> client, then create a new project in Eclipse that uses the local copy: >>>>> >>>>> File -> New -> Project... -> Java Project -> Next -> uncheck Use default >>>>> location -> browse to local copy of OFBiz -> finish wizard >>>>> >>>>> >>>> And this worked too. I successfully built trunk from the package >>>> view, using this method. >>>> >>>> So, now I know two methods to skin this particular cat. >>>> >>>> Now, I have both MySQL and Postgres (several instances on several >>>> machines). Would there be a problem adding their respective JDBC >>>> connectors, so that I can switch between the one and the other just by >>>> modifying the relevant configuration file? And, can it use the >>>> instances of these connectors that are already installed on my system, >>>> or do I have to download the connectors and copy them into the ofbiz >>>> directory tree? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Ted >>>> >>> >> >> -- > > > > -- > R.E.(Ted) Byers, Ph.D.,Ed.D. > [email protected]
