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[AppFuse], by default, is configured to be an [Eclipse|http://www.eclipse.org] project. When you run __ant new -Dapp.name=''yourApp'' -Ddb.name=''yourDatabase''__ you will get the .project and .classpath files to start your project with. However, you will need to make a few easy setting changes in Eclipse (particularly to run [Ant|http://jakarta.apache.org/ant]). This tutorial shows you how to use Eclipse with AppFuse, but should be applicable to any application based on AppFuse.

[AppFuse], by default, is configured to be an [Eclipse|http://www.eclipse.org] project. When you run __ant new -Dapp.name=''yourApp'' -Ddb.name=''yourDatabase''__ you will get the .project and .classpath files to start your project with. However, you will need to make a few easy setting changes in Eclipse (particularly to run [Ant|http://jakarta.apache.org/ant]). This tutorial shows you how to setup Eclipse to develop your AppFuse project.

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;:''This tutorial is based on Windows XP and Eclipse 3.0 M4 and should work on any platform.''

;:''In general, I don't use Eclipse for much more than a fancy text editor. I do most of my compiling, testing and deployment from the command line. This howto will hopefully make it easier for you to use Eclipse for building and testing, but if it doesn't work for you - the best fallback is to use the command line for running the Ant tasks. Of course, if you figure out ways to make the Eclipse integration better - please [let me know|mailto:[email protected]].''

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;:''This tutorial is based on Windows XP and Eclipse 3.0 and should work on any platform.''

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* [1] Import the project into an Eclipse workspace

* [2] Add J2EE_HOME to Classpath Variables

* [1] Create new project in Eclipse

* [2] Configuring Ant in Eclipse

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Open Eclipse (either with an existing or a new workspace) and to go File → Import..., select ''Existing Project into Workspace'' and click ''Next >''. Enter the pathname to the directory of your project or click the Browse... button and select the directory. Click the Finish button. Eclipse will load and build the project. At this point you'll probably have 2 Problems complaining that it can't build your project due to an ''Unbound classpath variable''. You'll correct this in the next step.

Open Eclipse (either with an existing or a new workspace) and to go File → New → Project. Then select "Java Project" and hit the Next button. In the Project Name field, enter the name of the directory that your project lives (i.e. c:\source\appfuse).

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If you try to build the project at this point, you'll likely get numerous errors. Most of them involve the fact that the {{UserForm}} class can not be found. This is because all of the ActionForms in AppFuse (if you're using the Struts version) are generated from POJOs with XDoclet.

All of the tasks for XDoclet are configured in the Ant build.xml file so the easiest thing to do is to run "ant gen-forms" to generate the ActionForms. If you have Ant 1.6.2+ installed and in your path, you can do this from the command line. The next step shows you how configure Eclipse to run your AppFuse build.xml.

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