Creating Projects

Projects let you specify a classpath entry, a set of tools and tool options to build your application.  It's easy!  Walk through our Screen Shots and see how it's done.

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Please Choose a Directory          (back to index)

The first window dialog in the create new project sequence lets you specify the directory in which to store the Project file.


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General          (back to index)

After selecting the directory to store your project files, the Grinder Project Properties dialog box opens for you.  First, describe the project for future reference.


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Tool Setup          (back to index)

After you describe your project, the Tool Setup page lets you specify tools for compiling and viewing your Java applets and applications or generating 'c' header files.  The default setup is the tools setup for the JDK.  Once the project is created, changing the JDK will not change the project tools unless you press the Defaults button on this page.


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Tool Options          (back to index)

Set any binary options (options that do not require a parameter, but are either on or off) for the JDK tools you use.  Grinder includes default settings for the Sun and Microsoft JDKs.  Pictured are the Sun Java Runtime options.


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Tool Options Editor          (back to index)

The Tool Options Editor lets you specify a set of options and values for any tool you use, making Grinder compatible with any JDK now or in the future. Using the options editor, you can also specify values for options that require a parameter.


Use the Options menu 'Default Project Settings' dialog to set the default options for classes not already in a project or for newly created projects. You can customize the options and tools for each project.  Then when you load a project, you get the exact Java development environment you need to be really productive.

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Sun and Microsoft Options          (back to index)

The next two pictures show the boolean options for the Sun and Microsoft Java compilers.

 



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Memory Options          (back to index)

For the Sun Java Runtime (java.exe), there is another page of runtime memory options available for editing.  These are the only compiler options that take a parameter directly supported in Grinder.  For other options requiring a parameter, you must use the tool options editor to specify the value.

 

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Create Project Dialogs
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