[David_Hermansen]

Hi,

I inherited an application created using WSAD Integration Edition v5.1 and want to maintain the application using MyEclipse v4.1.1 GA.

Has anyone ever seen an article or some documentation about how to convert a WSAD project?

Thanks,

Dave

[Riyad Kalla]

Dave,
Unfortunately I don’t have a quick reference for you but what I would suggest is figure out what kind of project this is, is it just a single web project? multiple web projects? multiple web projects and a java project? an EAR project with many modules? etc. Then create those projects in MyEclipse, get them all setup and then slowly drag and drop your resources across from the WSAD projects into the MyEclipse projects. If you tell me what you have, I could help you along (is it an EAR with multiple modules? If so, what are they? what are the relationships, etc.)

[Russ]

What would help increase your numbers of users for your most excellent product is a HOW-TO. We are in the same boat with Dave and would LOVE to increase the number of subscriptions but lack the time to figure out all the details for transferring over from WSAD to MyEclipse.

[Scott Anderson]

Russ,

Good feedback. IIRC, the WSAD project model is based on an “exploded” archive setup (EAR, WAR, EJB-jar) similary to our model. The only difference is the “meta-information” that tells how the projects are related to each other and what type they are, etc. I truly wish we had had the time to write a HOWTO in the development cycle, because I agree it’s sorely needed. Until then, unfortunately, Riyad’s advice on creating mirror projects of the same type and simply dragging your artifacts over to the correct place does seem to work amazingly well.

[Russ]

Scott:

Thanks for your reply. Let me be sure I understand what you are saying. You think projects created in WSAD will transfer over to MyEclipse well if you do the following:

1) Create a project shell for each type of project you wish to bring over (EJB, Web, Java)
2) Bring over all source code and project libraries.

4) DO NOT bring over any meta-data, such as .project, .server, .web.settings, .web-site-config, .classpath, .serverPreference files

Did I get this correct?

This is a excellent starting point………. See we have already started creating the HOW-TO. 🙄

Russ

[Riyad Kalla]

Russ,
Unless Scott has any corrections, I believe you had it exactly right. If this works, I’ll post it to the FAQ. If it doesn’t work, and your project fails miserably, I’ll erase this thread 🙂

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