The following is the velocity.log. It does have an error regarding the macros' but not regarding my menu.vm that i can see.
thanks in advance. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/www/obb$ tail -f -n 200 velocity.log Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [debug] AvalonLogSystem initialized using logfile '/var/www/obb/velocity.log' Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] ************************************************************** Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Starting Jakarta Velocity v1.4 Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] RuntimeInstance initializing. Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Default Properties File: org/apache/velocity/runtime/defaults/velocity.properties Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Trying to use logger class org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.AvalonLogSystem Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Using logger class org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.AvalonLogSystem Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Default ResourceManager initializing. (class org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl) Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Resource Loader Instantiated: org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] FileResourceLoader : initialization starting. Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] FileResourceLoader : adding path '/var/www/obb/' Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] FileResourceLoader : initialization complete. Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] ResourceCache : initialized. (class org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceCacheImpl) Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Default ResourceManager initialization complete. Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Literal Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Macro Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Parse Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Include Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Foreach Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Created: 20 parsers. Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocimacro : initialization starting. Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocimacro : adding VMs from VM library template : VM_global_library.vm Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [error] ResourceManager : unable to find resource 'VM_global_library.vm' in any resource loader. Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocimacro : error using VM library template VM_global_library.vm : org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource 'VM_global_library.vm' Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocimacro : VM library template macro registration complete. Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocimacro : allowInline = true : VMs can be defined inline in templates Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocimacro : allowInlineToOverride = false : VMs defined inline may NOT replace previous VM definitions Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocimacro : allowInlineLocal = false : VMs defined inline will be global in scope if allowed. Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocimacro : messages on : VM system will output logging messages Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocimacro : autoload off : VM system will not automatically reload global library macros Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocimacro : initialization complete. Wed Aug 10 14:07:22 BST 2005 [info] Velocity successfully started. Wed Aug 10 14:07:23 BST 2005 [info] ResourceManager : found system_templates/editor/index.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Wed Aug 10 14:07:23 BST 2005 [info] ResourceManager : found system_templates/editor/preview.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Wed Aug 10 14:07:23 BST 2005 [info] ResourceManager : found user_templates/template07.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Wed Aug 10 14:07:23 BST 2005 [info] ResourceManager : found user_templates/content.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader On Wed August 10 2005 2:02 pm, Jean Francois Chamard wrote: > Hi, > you don't need to #parse the vm file if you put it in velocimacro.library > > Did you check in your logs (velocity.log by default) if your macro > (menu.vm) is initialized when your web app is starting? > Perhaps you have an error in menu.vm and it fails to initialize > > Your call to your macro seems right though > Jeff > > Andrew Mason wrote: > >Hi Guys, > >I too am having a little bit of a problem with the macros and i'm afraid i > >didn't really understand much about how the file resource loaders work > > when i looked at this page > > http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/developer-guide.html. > > > >I have a working macro defined in menu.vm. > > > >i've added > >velocimacro.library = menu.vm > >to my > >velocity.properties.fileloader > > > >but it doesn't appear to find my macro. > > > >I the template I am just calling > >#makemenu( $node "70%" 1) > > > >do i need to do a #parse("menu.vm") ? > > > >Thanks in advance > >Andrew M > > > >On Wed July 6 2005 1:01 pm, E.R. van Es wrote: > >>Hi Simon, > >> > >> tested this right away and it works excellent, many thanks here. > >> > >>Eric > >> > >>On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 12:41:47 +0100 > >> > >>Simon Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>Hi Eric, > >>> > >>>Your observations are correct, that the parsed-in macro won't be > >>>available on the first request. If you want to use the macro within > >>>multiple templates (as would typically be the case), you should add a > >>>line to your velocity.properties file: > >>> > >>> velocimacro.library = macro.vm > >>> > >>>Velocity will look for that file in your usual macro path(s). There > >>>are further options, which you can read about within the developer > >>>guide: http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/developer-guide.html > >>> > >>>- simon > >>> > >>>On 6 Jul 2005, at 12:09, E.R. van Es wrote: > >>>>Hello, > >>>> > >>>> I use JBoss-4.0.1sp1 server, my application uses velocity-1.3.1. > >>>>I use velocity to create the html pages, and have the following two > >>>>templates: > >>>>(note: I simplified the code somewhat...) > >>>> > >>>>------- macro.vm -------- > >>>>#macro ( test $nr ) > >>>> $nr > >>>>#end > >>>>-------- end macro.vm ------- > >>>> > >>>>------- index.vm --------- > >>>>#parse("macro.vm") > >>>><html> > >>>> <body> > >>>>#test(1) > >>>>#test(2) > >>>> </body> > >>>></html> > >>>>------ end index.vm ----- > >>>> > >>>>Now I deploy this application on JBoss and open the index page > >>>>through the servlet. The very first time I open the page, I get > >>>>this output: > >>>>--- output ---- > >>>>#test(1) > >>>>#test(2) > >>>>--- end output --- > >>>> > >>>>now when I refresh the page, I get: > >>>>--- output --- > >>>>1 > >>>>2 > >>>>--- output --- > >>>> > >>>>so the first time it won't execute the macro...? This only happens > >>>>the first time opening the page after a new deployement. When I > >>>>copy the whole macro into the index.vm file it works, also the > >>>>first time after deployement, but I need the macro in more files, > >>>>so I want the macro in a seperate file. > >>>> > >>>>Looking forward to any reply, > >>>>Eric > >>>> > >>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]