At a former job I once had a tool that needed to work with two
configuration files and an ODBC connection at the same time. I
built an "open wizard" that presented three successive screens
with a "next" button at the bottom.
We could do something similar with EJX in situations where
multiple files were required. So, if you only wanted to work with an
ejb-jar.xml, you'd just open it. But if you wanted to work with a
jboss.xml file, you'd be presented with a multi-page dialog that first
asked the name of the jboss.xml file, and then asked for the
associated ejb-jar.xml file.
What do you guys think of this approach?
-Dan
On 18 Oct 00, at 10:26, Louis R. Marascio wrote:
> Aye, extremely counter-intuitive and very confusing for the first time user.
> It took me 2 days to figure out that I /wasn't/ going insane and that I didn't
> have some crazy, old deprecated version of EJX. Alas, I finally figured out
> the trick and the steps that I had to go through to get some use out of the
> tool. Its now very handy :).
>
> Someone should probably write up a document about this.. maybe an EJX first
> time user's guide?
>
> Louis
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Cook
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 3:58 AM
> > To: jBoss
> > Subject: Re: [jBoss-User] Confused about ejx
> >
> >
> > I think the whole thing is caused by misuse of the file-open dialog
> > box. When you want to open an existing ejb-jar.xml you need to select
> > the file in this dialog and then change the file type to 'EJB 1.1 XML'
> > from it's default, jBoss XML. If you want to edit a jboss.xml or
> > jaws.xml you still need to select ejb-jar.xml in the dialog but then
> > change the file type to the appropriate type.
> >
> > This seems kinda counter-intuitive to me.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Rickard Oberg writes:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > > 1. ejb-jar.xml opens in EJX, but seems to be missing primary key
> > > > specifications for the beans. Also, the Actions menu in EJX only
> > > > displays one choice: Add JNDI Name Prefix. Is the implementation
> > > > incomplete (e.g. missing primary key stuff and others stuff?) How do
> > > > you add things like environment, ejb, and resource references
> > to a bean?
> > > > Where are the Actions menu options to add these things?
> > >
> > > You seem to be referring to the jBoss editor, not the EJB-JAR.xml editor.
> > > Make sure you choose the right file filter!
> > >
> > > > 2. When I tried to open the bank test's jaws.xml or jboss.xml, I get a
> > > > null pointer exception. Here's a sample stack trace...
> > > >
> > > > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > > > at com.dreambean.ejx.editor.EJX$2.actionPerformed(EJX.java:94)
> > >
> > > Don't have the source available right now so I can't check. Can
> > you add this
> > > to bugzilla?
> > >
> > > > 3. A side issue, but does anyone know how I can easily reformat the xml
> > > > produced by ejx so it is properly formatted? As indicated above, I'm
> > > > using NT.
> > >
> > > What is the formatting issue? EJX uses an XML parser to
> > read/write files so
> > > we're pretty much stuck with how it does it.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Rickard
> > >
> > >
> > >
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