[mmannion_edj]

I have an existing project created in another IDE that I’ve ported to MyEclipse. It has a WEB-INF/struts-config.xml, but the editor complains it was not a Struts app. When I Choose MyEclipse > Add Struts Capabilities the config window never shows. Is there another way to sync this into MyEclipse?

[Riyad Kalla]

You are doing the right thing (by adding Struts capabilities) but I something is going on. Check your log file for exceptions (<workspace dir>\.metadata\.log) also can you please post all the information we request in the [URL=http://www.myeclipseide.com/PNphpBB2+file-viewtopic-t-393.html]Posting Guidelines[/URL] thread at the top of this forum? That will give us some context so that we can determine if this is an installation issue, a configuration problem, or a bug. Thanks.

AND please tell me the layout of your project, be sure to wrap it in code or quote blocks (using buttons below) so the indentation is maintained.

[mmannion_edj]

WinXP sp1
Eclipse Version: 3.1.0 Build id: 200412162000
MyEclipse Version: 3.8.4
Eclipse was freshly install for MyEclipse. Also includes Magic Draw plug-in.
(7) org.eclipse.pde.*
JDK for both Eclipse and app server: JDK 1.4.2_03
BEA Weblogic App Server 8.1 sp3

Project layout:

Presentation
  .myeclipse
  classes
  diagrams
  dist
  jsp
  lib
  properties
     com
        [company]
           [application]
  src
     com
        [company]
           [application]
  tlds
  WEB-INF

1) Copied existing project directory (originally built in JBuilder) into c:\Program Files\eclipse\workspace\{project}
2) File > New Project > Java > Java Project
3) tried to open WEB-INF\struts-config.xml
4) Error: “Cannot open default editor on struts-config.xml. Project ‘Presentation’ is not configured as a MyEclipse Web-Struts Project…”
5) Right-click on project > MyEclipse > Add Struts Capabilities…
6) window does not launch, error in log:

!MESSAGE Unhandled event loop exception

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 0 2005-05-26 15:15:54.645
!MESSAGE java.lang.NullPointerException
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.genuitec.eclipse.struts.wizards.NewStrutsSupportWizardPage.initWebAppControl(Unknown Source)
    at com.genuitec.eclipse.struts.wizards.NewStrutsSupportWizardPage.createWebappControls(Unknown Source)
    at com.genuitec.eclipse.struts.wizards.NewStrutsSupportWizardPage.createControl(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.Wizard.createPageControls(Wizard.java:179)
    at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.createPageControls(WizardDialog.java:605)
    at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.createContents(WizardDialog.java:496)
    at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.create(Window.java:375)
    at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.create(Dialog.java:983)
    at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:685)
    at com.genuitec.eclipse.struts.action.AddStrutsCapabilitiesActionDelegate.basicRun(Unknown Source)
    at com.genuitec.eclipse.struts.action.AddStrutsCapabilitiesActionDelegate.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.genuitec.eclipse.core.ui.action.LicenseValidatingActionDelegate.runWithEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.runWithEvent(PluginAction.java:234)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:555)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:505)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$6.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:419)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:82)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:833)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:2803)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2448)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1569)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1540)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:285)
    at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:144)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:102)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:220)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:273)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:129)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:185)
    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:710)
    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:694)

[Riyad Kalla]

Ok few things:

Eclipse Version: 3.1.0 Build id: 200412162000

What M-build of Eclipse is this? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say it was M2 or M3 which is not compatiable with our last 2 releases of Beta MyEclipse.

MyEclipse Version: 3.8.4

Please tell me the version off of the Window > Prefernces > MyEclipse menu.

Project layout:

This project is not in the necessary layout for MyEclipse to process it correctly, this is problem #1. I would highly suggest you reorganize this project as follows (and this isn’t just for MyEclipse, but just for better general project organization)

Presentation
.myeclipse
diagrams
dist
properties (SOURCE FOLDER)
com
[company]
[application]
src (SOURCE FOLDER)
com
[company]
[application]
jsp (WEBROOT FOLDER)
WEB-INF
classes (OUTPUT FOLDER)
lib
tlds

What you could do is simply create a new WebProject (File > New > Project > J2EE > Web Project) and then add Struts Capabilities to it. THEN you can drag-and-drop (copy) the resources from your current project, into that new project in the order and layout I mentioned above until you have the project all assembled.

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