Re: Using WOLips without native WebObjects install

From: Chuck Hill (chil..lobal-village.net)
Date: Fri May 11 2007 - 15:49:12 EDT

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    You will need to copy over (and maybe edit) Documents and Settings/
    <USER>/Library/wobuild.properties

    Chuck

    On May 11, 2007, at 4:44 AM, Philipp Leusmann wrote:

    > lHello,
    >
    > I recently switched my working System from XP to Vista. On the XP
    > system
    > I installed WebObjects to a directory which is still accessible
    > from Vista.
    > I would now like to continue working on my project from within
    > Vista. I
    > already installed WOLips in my Eclipse which lead to the conclusion
    > that
    > I could not compile my project. This is logical, since the newly
    > installed WOLips doesnŽt know about the WebObject installation path.
    > Afterwards I tried to copy the WebObjects-specific environment
    > variables
    > from XP to Vista, but WOLips still doesnŽt find the WO libs.
    > I tried to alter the Classpath variables in Eclipse prefernces, but
    > when
    > trying to open the prefs page I get a "assertion failed: Variable path
    > cannot be null". DonŽt know if this is related to my problem, though.
    > Anyway, when I close the prefs window with the "Classpath Variables"
    > entry selected and then reopen it, I can finally see the variables.
    > Among them NEXT_LOCAL_ROOT = \, NEXT_ROOT = \System and
    > NEXT_SYSTEM_ROOT
    > = \System. But when I alter them, the project still doesnŽt compile
    > adn
    > after an eclipse restart they are at their previous values again.
    > Also I
    > donŽt even know which are the correkt values for NEXT_LOCAL_ROOT and
    > NEXT_SYSTEM_ROOT.
    > Is there a way to get this whole stuff running without needing to
    > install WO again? Maybe any eclipse config-file hacking? For now IŽll
    > try to uninstall WOLips and reinstall it. Maybe it works this time,
    > now
    > the System Environment Variables are set. IŽll let you know if it
    > works.
    >
    > Any comments?
    >
    > Regards,
    > Philipp
    >
    >

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