Windchill-Eclipse Project Setup

·                     Open eclipse and select appropriate workspace

·                     Create new Java project

o        Go to File -> New -> Project

·        Select "Java Project" and click on Next

·        Enter project name. Select appropriate JDK version depends on the Windchill version you are working on. Click on

·        Finish

·        The project is created with src folder

·        Right click on project and click on Properties.

·        Note: Navigating to project Properties needed many times The shortcut is select project and use "Alt + Enter" This will

·        Navigate you to directly project properties...

·        Navigate to Java Compiler -> Building -> Output folder

·        Uncheck the "Scrub output folders when cleaning projects" and click on OK.

·        Click on Yes. This will rebuild the project to take the building setting in effect.

·        Add OOTB Windchill JARs and codebase folder in project workspace

·        Navigate to project properties.

Hope you used shortcut (Alt + Enter) to navigate to project properties

·        Navigate to Java Build Path -> Libraries

·        Click on "Add External Jars". This will open a new selection window.

·        Navigate to Windchill_Home / lib and select all available libraries in this folder and click OK.

·        Click on "Add External Jars". This will open a new selection window.

·        Navigate to Windchill_Home / codebase / lib and select all available libraries in this folder and click OK.

·        Click on "Add External Jars". This will open a new selection window.

·        Navigate to Windchill_Home / codebase / WEB-INF / lib and select all available libraries in this folder and click OK.

·        Click on "Add Class Folder"

·        Click on "Create New Folder"

·        Click on "Advanced"

·        Select the checkbox - "Link to folder in the file system" Click on "Browse"..

·        Navigate to Windchill_Home and select "codebase"

·        Click OK. This will take some time to add the codebase into project workspace

·        Verify that codebase folder is checked and click OK.

·        Setting build and class load orders

·        Select "Order and Export"

·        Select codebase folder and click on "Top"

·        Use Up / down key to set the build order. All the source folders should have higher build order than codebase folder.

·        Verify and click OK

·        Final project will look as below

·        Navigate to Project menu and verify that the "Build Automatically" is checked. If not then check.

·        The Windchill eclipse project setup is done. Now you are set to browse the files available in workspace. Eg

·        Browse (Ctrl + Shift + R) jsp files

·        Browse (Ctrl + Shift + R) properties files

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