Useful Eclipse or WOLips Preferences

Version 9.1 by Ray Kiddy on 2009/12/14 11:40

There are preferences one can turn on in Eclipse that are useful but may not be turned on my default.

  • 'Refresh automatically' - If you find yourself needing to manually refresh files in projects, you can turn on the 'Refresh automatically' preference. To find it, o to the Eclipse->Preferences... menu, click on the "Workspace" section.
  • 'Auto EOGenerate on build' - If you add a new EOModel to a WO project in eclipse, then a 'Use EOGenerator' checkbox will be checked by default. But then, when one makes changes to the model, those changes will not be automatically reflected in the class files for your entities. You will have to open the context menu on the ".eogen" file and select "EOGenerate" from the menu. You will not have to do this, however, if you check the 'Auto EOGenerate on build' checkbox. To find it, go to the Eclipse->Preferences... menu, open the WOLips section and click on the Build sub-section.
  • 'Show HTML Temnplate Errors' - You can disable the display of some warnings. This is useful, for example, if you have the Wonder projects open in your workspace. You can go to he Eclipse->Preferences... menu, open the WOLips section, click on 'Binding Validation' and uncheck 'Show HTML Temnplate Errors' or some of the other options.