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The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/.

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Scout Tutorial
This page belongs to the The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/.. It explains how to setup a new Eclipse Scout project. You need to The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/. in order to continue.


We need to create a new Scout Project and switch to the Scout Perspective. When we're done we can run the server, verify that it is running using a web browser, and we can run the client using either the Swing or the SWT user interface.

The client will not yet contain anything, but this will demonstrate that our infrastructure is working.

Once you're done, continue on to The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/..

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New Workspace
Make sure you start with a new workspace. An Eclipse Scout project usually consists of multiple plugin projects and it may be convenient to have separate workspaces for each Scout project. This is not strictly necessary, however, as the Scout SDK easily manages multiple Scout projects within the same workspace.


Create a new Eclipse Scout project

If you haven't done so yet, change to the Scout Perspective.

Right-click on the folder Scout Projects and choose New Scout Project in order to create a new Eclipse Scout project.

The context menu to create a new Scout Project

Use eclipse.org.minicrm as the project name in the first step, click next.

The wizard to create a new Scout Project (Step 1)

In the second step, choose the outline tree with table form application template. Confirm with Finish.

The wizard to create a new Scout Project (Step 2)

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Project Name, Project Alias
The project name will be used for all the plugins created. They'll get names like eclipse.org.minicrm.client and eclipse.org.minicrm.server. The project alias will be used for the servlet running on the server. Once you started the server you'll be able to contact it at http://localhost:8080/minicrm. Thus, the alias will be visible to the outside world.


If you expand the project tree it will have nodes for client, shared and server as well as nodes for the two user interfaces, ui.swing and ui.swt.

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Issues with Mac OS 10.6 and Swing Client
If you try to start the swing client in Mac OS 10.6, this might fail. To fix this go to the run configuration of the swing client. In the tab Arguments you have to remove -ws ${target.ws} from the program arguments and -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts from the VM arguments.


Start the Server

Click on the server node. This will show two products, a production product and a development product. Click the green arrow of the development product to start it.

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Two Products
The two products allow you to specify two different config files. This allows you to set different system properties determining which databases to connect to, which log levels to use, etc.


Test the Server

To test if the server is running properly, go to http://localhost:8080/minicrm/process. To log in, use admin as username and manager as password.

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The page will show the stacktrace of a NullPointerException
Nevertheless, client-server communication of the application seems not to be affected. Please refer to the Bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=350606 for the workaround and any further information.


You should see a page providing information about the server. The login information is defined in the config.ini file of the server product. Have a look: click on the open config.ini link. Note the BasicSecurityFilter settings.


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Start the Client

Click on either the ui.swing or the ui.swt node and start the development client product by clicking on the green arrow.

When asked for a login, enter the same login information as before: username admin password manager. Or use any other username/password combination from the config.ini file.

You should see an empty client application:

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A Different Language
If you want to run the client in a different language than your system's default, you might have to fiddle with the configuration. From the Run menu, choose Debug Configurations... and switch to the Arguments tab. There, replace -nl ${target.nl} with -nl en_US (if you're working with a German locale and need to make screen shots for the wiki, for example). Click the Apply button and the Debug button. Eclipse will remember this setting as long as you keep reusing the Run and Debug menus (using the two green buttons in the tool bar to run products). If you use the Scout Object Properties tab, this language setting will revert to the default.

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