[radupaul]

Hello:

Sorry if it is obvious, I am pretty new to MyEclipse and could not find an exact answer: I am using MyEclipse 5.0 GA w/ Windows 2000 SP4 and Eclipse SDK 3.2.

I am trying to develop a JSP project using a remote Tomcat 4 server (on a network directory) and I cannot edit the remote JSP files:

– got an error message saying that “this MyEclipse version cannot be used with external files” ?

From a previous discussion I understood this may be a problem w/ the Eclipse plug-in? Even if I can point to the exact directory structure of the remote Tomcat server? Also, I thought this is solved by MyEclipse 5.0 (as listed in its features, it can edit JSP files whatever their location…), so I might miss something?

I got the same error for HTML files.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Radu Mondescu

[Riyad Kalla]

Radu,
I see the issue you are referring to and I’m curious which feature list for 5.0 you are referring to that states this? I’ll have to double check that.

In the mean time I understand why the JSP editor is turned off from editing external files, it’s because JSP files are so heavily bound to your project classpath that it would be impossible to provide any more than just syntax highlighting to an external file.

[radupaul]

Hi Kalla:

@support-rkalla wrote:

Radu,
I see the issue you are referring to and I’m curious which feature list for 5.0 you are referring to that states this? I’ll have to double check that.

This is listed under the “Full Feature List”
http://www.myeclipseide.com/ContentExpress-display-ceid-30.html
in the “Web Development Section” -> “JSP Source editor” as:

“Ability to edit any JSP file regardless of directory location”

In the mean time I understand why the JSP editor is turned off from editing external files, it’s because JSP files are so heavily bound to your project classpath that it would be impossible to provide any more than just syntax highlighting to an external file.

Is there a way to turn the JSP on? How can then I test a remote TomCat server (beside installing MyEclipse on the remote machine) – I could have the project be located on the remote server s.t. MyEclipse would find all the relevant files and directories, is there a way to add the remote resources/directory structure s.t. JSP editor will be functioning?

I have another Eclipse based IDE (from Mathematica) that is able edit remote JSP files – but I would have preferred MyEclipse as it offers a much richer environment.

Thanks, Radu

[Riyad Kalla]

Radu,
If you can create a local mount of your remote tomcat project directory, you can create a web project out of it and then MyEclipse will be able to edit it.

I just checked with the developer that worked on this and the line should read “anywhere in the workspace”, not anywhere on the filesystem. So the workaround is to create a new webproject, and just uncheck “use default location” and point it over at your tomcat directory on the remote server (you will need a local mount of the dir though)

[radupaul]

Kalla:

Great, solved, it is working, thanks,Radu

[Riyad Kalla]

Very cool, thanks for following up.

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