You can open it in Eclipse any time you want, even while it is running. Eclipse is opening the java files and the jvm is running the jar files.
"After running the build.xml for the first time, what's next?" Hmmm, depends on what you want to do next. If you want to run it, get a command prompt in the ofbiz directory and type "startofbiz". The README file in the root directory (which you can open with wordpad or any editor that doesn't mind not having \r) has URLs to connect your browser to it to begin playing around. Once it's running, have a look at https://localhost:8443/webtools/control/main . Click on "Entity Data Maintenance" and "Entity Reference[Static version]. That'll expose you to the tables that are used. As a developer, webtools is your best friend. I have never successfully run it from Eclipse but I am guessing a clever Eclipse aficionado could make it happen. Believe it or not, I still use Visual Studio 5 for Java editing because it is still the best editor around for me (as a fast typist, autocompletion is always getting in my way). Netbeans would be tied with Eclipse as my second favorite editor because it has a nice gui editor and the same key set as my old standby Visual Studio. Eclipse though, over all, is a better environment. It's just such a big beast to learn. Skip -----Original Message----- From: Brendan Vogt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:56 AM To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Subject: RE: After running build.xml Hen do I actually open the whole project in Eclipse. After running the build.xml for the first time, what's next? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:45 PM To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Subject: RE: After running build.xml ant run-install is what you want for the time being. It populates the database with demo data so you can play with it. When you are done, and ready to load your own data, run ant clean-all ant run-install-seed -----Original Message----- From: Brendan Vogt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:38 AM To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Subject: After running build.xml Importance: High Hi, I managed to get build.xml to run, and it looks fine. Is there a way in which I can see the log file to see if an exception was thrown any where? I ran ant run-install. But when I go to the online documentation they say I must run it with seed or demo. Am I too late for this? Should I still do because I opened 1 of the user tables and it seems there is data already in it. What do I do after this? Is it time to open the project in Eclipse yet? Brendan
