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Hi There

In light of the plugin compatibility problems with RAD7 mentioned above, what is the workaround for integrating ICEFaces into a Dynamic Web project (jsf) developed in RAD 7?

I dont need the comps to be drag and dropable from the pallette, as long as I can code and deploy..

As a proof of concept I would like to just add one component into an application with other vendors' component.

Can anyone point to the right steps?

Thanks in advance

shai

Hi,

You can use our latest plugin for Eclipse 3.3. To install do the following:

1. Unzip the plugin zip file to a temp directory.
2. In RAD 7 select help > software updates > find and install..
3. Select 'Search for new features to install'
4. Select new local site...
5. Navigate to the Unzipped file root
6. Follow the defaults from here and choose to install the plugin.

- after re-starting RAD 7 you can create a new dynamic web project.
- select ICEfaces in the configurations drop down
- I've found it easiest to deploy an application to WS 6.1 in EAR format, so select the EAR format
- Unfortunately, we still haven't been able to override RAD 7's create new web page functionality in order to get our templates to show up when adding a new JSP. So, for the time being I would suggest just creating a new file manually and pasting in our templates.
- In testing we found we often ran into problems with classloading in WS. I'd recommend setting the default classloading scheme to 'parent last' for the default application and any deployed applications. This will avoid conflicts with other JSF libraries included in RAD 7.

Thanks,
Philip

Unfortunately we haven't released ICEfaces tooling for RAD 7 yet.

Currently you can manually configure your jsf project to use ICEfaces assuming you use websphere 6.1.
1. create web project with JavaServer Faces facet 1.1
2. configure web.xml based on the template provided in eclipse integration
3. copy following jar files into WEB-INF/lib
backport-util-concurrent.jar
commons-beanutils.jar
commons-digester.jar
commons-fileupload.jar
icefaces.jar
icefaces-comps.jar
jsf-api.jar
jsf-impl.jar
el-api.jar
el-ri.jar
krysalis-jCharts-1.0.0-alpha-1.jar
jstl.jar

4. create ICEfaces jspx page using the jspx template provided in ICEfaces eclipse integration

Regards

Liming

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Hi Philip!

"- select ICEfaces in the configurations drop down "

This not happens in RAD7, i´ve tryed all that you recomend! :-(

Any sugestion ?

Thanks!

Hi,

Check the plugin configuration manager to see if the ICEfaces plugin is listed and is enabled (check the 'show disabled plugins' button). Also check the Eclipse log file (might be different in RAD 7, but in Eclipse this is in help>about Eclipse platform>Configuration Details>View Error Log).

Philip

Hi Philip!

Sorry, boring you.... but in RAD7, where do i active the plugin ?

I can´t find it!

Thanks!

If all went ok when you installed the plugin, it should have been made active automatically. If something went wrong, it'll probably show up either in the plugin configuration as disabled, and the logs should show something too.

Philip

The instalation was ok!

But the option in "create dinamic web project" doesan´t occurs!

Some help ?

Thanks

Could you see the 'Create Dynamic Web Project' before installing the ICEfaces plugin? Try 'Create New Project..' and see if the dynamic web project is available in the web category.

Philip

The 'Create Dynamic Web Project' is avaiable!

But in 'Configurations' doesn´t appers the "IceFaces".

Any help ?

Thanks

Go to next wizard and check JavaServer Faces 1.1 and ICEfaces facet

Philip!

RAD7 is based on Eclipse 3.2. If i install the eclipse integration for 3.2 version, this will runs in RAD7 ?

Thanks!

More important, I think, is the WTP compatibility. You should use our Eclipse 3.3 version.

Philip

Philip!

I´ve tried install the eclipse plug-in 3.2 version, and runs!

The "IceFace Project" is avaiable now!

Thanks!