Ah that's right, you need to change the HTML file and launchers as well (I don't use launchers since we're using Maven). Nice guide Ian :)
-- Arthur Kalmenson On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Ian Bambury <ianbamb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Fred, > There's a quick explanation at the end of day 1 in the emails you can get on > my site. So you don't have to bother signing up for it, I've pasted it in > here. There might be a couple of course-specific references in there, but > you'll get the idea. > Ian > > http://examples.roughian.com > > > 2008/12/22 Fred Janon <fja...@gmail.com> >> >> Is it possible to create a new application from an existing one and what >> are the steps required to rename it? I have a prototype app that I would >> like to use to build my final app but I need to rename most of its >> components. >> >> Thanks >> >> Fred > > ========================================================================================== > > Copying A Project > > ========================================================================================== > > > > As I said before, creating a new project by using the creation tools > supplied by Google is a right pain (not so bad in the recent version), and > doesn't produce a very well-named project. > > > > What I tend to do, is simply to copy the project in Eclipse, and change a > couple of names in a couple of files. > > > > It may look quite complicated written out as it is below, but you'll soon > get the hang of it, and really all it comes down to is pressing F2 a couple > of times to rename a couple of things and then updating a few references. If > you want to try it with the creators that Google supplies, then give it a > go, and see you back here when you get fed up. > > > > Copy The Project As Something Else > > > > With the actual project selected in the Project Explorer, press Control+C, > Control+V. > > > > Change the name to whatever you want the new project to be called and click > OK. I'm assuming you called it NewApp for the purposes of the next few > paragraphs, but substitute you own new name, of course. > > > > Change The References > > > > Open up the NewApp project and select the last file in that directory which > is called AppMin.launch. Press F2 and rename it NewApp.launch. You can > actually call this file anything you like, but it makes sense to call it the > same as the project. > > > > Double-click the newly named file and find an occurrence of the string > 'AppMin' (note the capitalisation). The easiest place to find it is at the > end of the second to last line. > > > > Press Control+F to bring up the Find/Replace dialogue. The Find text box > should be filled in for you, so fill in the Replace With text box with the > new project name, and click Replace All. There should be four replaced > occurrences. > > > > Change The Package Name > > > > You don't actually have to do this step if you are just playing around, > although there is a slight possibility that if you don't do it, then when > you try to run the project you'll get some previous project with the same > package name, but I haven't come across this very often. > > > > Open up the /src/ directory in the new project and select the first entry > ('com.roughian.appmin'). Press F2 to rename it. For the purposes of these > instructions I'm assuming that you're going to change it to > 'com.roughian.newapp'. > > > > In the Rename Package dialogue, and to the new name in the text box, and > ensure that you have checked Update references, and Rename subpackages. > Click OK. > > Update Package Name References > > > > There are three places where you have to update the package name manually. > The rest have been done automatically by Eclipse. > > > > · In the index.htm file you have to modify the script tag. > > · In the Module.gwt.xml file you have to change the entry point tag. > > · In the .launch file you have to change the third-to-last line. > > > > And you are done. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
