>how do
>they know about the WO frameworks, which are presumably still required
>and lying in a different directory altogether?
WOLips knows about them because hey are installed in a known location.
You should have an environment var called 'NEXT_ROOT' that gives the
path to the WO install folder (defaults to c:\Apple). From there, the WO
frameworks are in \Library\Frameworks. Any frameworks you create
(or others you are using, ie Wonder) should be installed to
NEXT_ROOT\Local\Library\Frameworks (if you want to install them to
your dev pc, you don't have to. I just use the source project).
(Any WO apps you create and want to install should be installed to
NEXT_ROOT\Local\Library\WebObjects\Applications).
I am new to the list and not sure what else you asked for, but I've been
using WOLips on a pc for dev work for almost 4 years, so I can probably
be of more help.
-Scott
On 6/27/07, Lachlan Scott <lachlan.scot..unthered.com> wrote:
>
> From my previous thread, Bill Michell at the Beeb has offered some help,
> and I'll be following his lead today - I've reposted his suggestions
> below.
>
> What would be a big help to me that more seasoned hands may know, is an
> explanation of what exactly I'm trying to achieve. Could people explain
> to me what components need to be where (at a high level)?
>
> For example, the WO frameworks are installed from the CD, and live in
> that installed directory. Eclipse knows about the WOLips plugins,
> because they're installed in the correct place for Eclipse, but how do
> they know about the WO frameworks, which are presumably still required
> and lying in a different directory altogether? Etc.
>
> I will be documenting the process for our developers, and can push it up
> to the Wiki for general use and input, in due course if that's
> considered useful.
>
>
> Many thanks
>
>
> Lachlan
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Michell [mailto:bill.michel..bc.co.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 27 June 2007 8:59 p.m.
> > To: woproject-de..bjectstyle.org
> > Subject: RE: Help needed installing Eclipse and WOLips plugins
> >
> > I'm developing for WO5.2.4 on a PC with Eclipse/WOLips.
> >
> > It works well, once configured, but it isn't easy to get set up.
> >
> > Essentially, you need to:
> > 1) Install a suitable JDK - at least 1.5.0. If you're going
> > to add anything at all to the extensions directory, you would
> > be wise to copy the whole installation first: Eclipse gets
> > unhappy if you use Xalan, for example.
> > 2) Install WebObjects 5.2. Apply the 5.2.4 patch. Struggle to
> > get WebObjects working: it WILL get the PATH variable wrong.
> > But with perseverance, you can get it right.
> > 3) Install Eclipse and the relevant plugins. Be careful. Many
> > of the plugins out there either require Eclipse 3.3 or else
> > have been signed on a non-windows platform using a buggy code
> > signing tool which doesn't take proper account of the
> > different flavours of line endings... Rest assured that there
> > is at least one version of everything that works. But
> > sometimes you might need to install previous versions of
> > stuff and then upgrade in order to satisfy all the claimed
> > dependencies. If you can track down a bundled version that
> > includes all the dependencies, it might be better to use that
> > and then be prepared to wrestle with the Eclipse updater to
> > get everything up to a recent-ish version...
> >
> > Be prepared to get intimate with all the diagnostic tools at
> > your disposal.
> >
> >
> > I understand that it is possible to develop to WO 5.3 on a PC
> > with Eclipse/WOLips but I've never tried...
> >
> > --
> > Bill Michell
> > Development Team Leader, Broadcast Platforms, BBC FM&T (Journalism).
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0.0 : Fri Jun 29 2007 - 11:13:04 EDT