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How do I create an Eclipse project file? [message #950366]

Fri, 19 October 2012 21:14

David Thielen

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Registered: October 2012

Junior Member

Hi all;

First off I am not an Eclipse user (I use IntelliJ) so this may be a really basic/dumb question.

We ship sample Java programs with our library. I want to create Eclipse project files for each project so Eclipse users can easily open and run the program. But in trying to do this with Eclipse, it looks like it does not have a project file.

Am I missing something or can this not be done with Eclipse?

thanks - dave

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Re: How do I create an Eclipse project file? [message #951544 is a reply to message #950366]

Sat, 20 October 2012 20:54

Stephan Herrmann

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

All these configuration files start with a '.' and within Eclipse's package explorer these are hidden by default.
The view menu (little triangle pointing down) has an entry "Filters ...", if you deselect ".* resources" you'll see:
- .project -- main project configuration file
- .classpath -- name says it
- .settings/ -- folder for project properties per plug-in

HTH,
Stephan

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Re: How do I create an Eclipse project file? [message #951549 is a reply to message #951544]

Sat, 20 October 2012 20:56

Stephan Herrmann

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

.. ah, should have mentioned that the standard way to export a project from Eclipse is:

> right click > Export ... > General > Archive File

From there you will see the unfiltered set of project files...

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