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Eclipse build path allow output folders for source folders checkbox strange behaviour [message #259895] Thu, 03 July 2008 09:22 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: Florin-Alexandru.Bratu.sophia.inria.fr

Hello!

I am using Eclipse Europa Version: 3.3.2. I create a new project, I go
to the Project Properties window, I select Java Build PAth, and then the
Source tab. Here, I select the source folders, and then I check "Allow
output folders for source folders". Then I click the OK button. The
source folder settings are applied, but not the "Allow output folders
for source folders" setting! If I go again to the build path window, the
checkbox is unchecked! I try to check it again and then press OK
again, but still the change does not happen, if I go back to the build
path window the checkbox remains unchecked?

Why this strange behaviour? I've also noticed there is no "apply" button
in the Build Path window - so I suppose all the changes are applied when
I press the OK button, right? So, why isn't the "Allow output folders
for source folders" change taken into consideration?

cheers,
Florin.
Re: Eclipse build path allow output folders for source folders checkbox strange behaviour [message #720440 is a reply to message #259895] Tue, 30 August 2011 15:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Nina  is currently offline Nina Friend
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I have the exact same problem. Were you ever able to solve it?
Re: Eclipse build path allow output folders for source folders checkbox strange behaviour [message #1009253 is a reply to message #259895] Thu, 14 February 2013 19:09 Go to previous message
valentin Mising name is currently offline valentin Mising nameFriend
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Hi, I have realized how to fix it. We are normal people and think that "compile into src dir" means that it will compile. Eclipse is different. When you say it "compile" it creates anouther option, called "tell me your target directory" So, "allow output folders for source folders" just shows you "Output folder: (locaion)" option. Since location is (default) by default, and you do not change the location, the option is hidden next time you open the dialog. So, once you ticked the "allow output folders for source folders", specify the target location in the source folders that you do not want to go to bin.

The checkbox "compile into source" is actually misleading rather than useful. It is a bug to have it. Why to hide the target location option at all?
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