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Exporting I-Card Manager application as a Web Archive (WAR) file

A Web archive (WAR) file is a packaged Web application that can be exported to test, publish, and deploy the resources developed within a Web project.

To export a WAR file from a Web project, do the following:

Right click on a Web project folder and select Export from the pop-up menu. Then select WAR file in the Export window and then select Next.
Specify the Web project you want to export (this field is primed if you used the pop-up menu to open the wizard), and specify a location for the new WAR file
Optional: Optionally, supply WAR export Options, such as whether or not to include Java™ source files in the WAR, and whether to overwrite any existing resources during the export process. Source files are not usually included in a WAR file, because they are not necessary for the server to run the web application.
Click Finish.

Note: The Eclipse Web Tools Platform should be installed. More about WTP.

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-==='''Asant and Ant'''===
+==='''Exporting I-Card Manager application as a Web Archive (WAR) file'''===
-We use script ''asant'', which is located in the J2EE 1.4 SDK bin directory, to build the source code of this application. ''asant'' is a wrapper around [http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html Ant] which is a Java-based build tool like make, which has been developed under the auspices of the [http://www.apache.org/ Apache Software Foundation]. Ant version 1.5.3 and 1.6 beta 1 may also be used to build and deploy the applications.
+A Web archive (WAR) file is a packaged Web application that can be exported to test, publish, and deploy the resources developed within a Web project.
+To export a WAR file from a Web project, do the following:
+*Right click on a Web project folder and select Export from the pop-up menu. Then select WAR file in the Export window and then select Next.
+*Specify the Web project you want to export (this field is primed if you used the pop-up menu to open the wizard), and specify a location for the new WAR file
+*Optional: Optionally, supply WAR export Options, such as whether or not to include Java™ source files in the WAR, and whether to overwrite any existing resources during the export process. Source files are not usually included in a WAR file, because they are not necessary for the server to run the web application.
+*Click Finish.
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-'''Note:''' The I-Card Manager application bundle comes with pre-built binaries. To deploy these binaries and avoid building the application, consult the [[I-Card Manager installation instructions]].
+'''Note:''' The Eclipse Web Tools Platform should be installed. [http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/main.php More about WTP].
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-==='''Build I-Card Manager application'''===
-This section explains how to build the application binaries for the I-Card Manager application. Building all the application binaries and performing other tasks with Ant involves invoking asant from <tt><higgins_broker.home>/apps/icard</tt> directory of the Higgins Broker installation.
-Before building the application, you need to configure the <tt><higgins_broker.home>/build.properties</tt> file to match your enviroment. You need to set the following properties:
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
-|-style="background:#d6dee9; color:black"
-! width="10%" border="1" align="left" valign="top" | Property Name
-! width="45%" border="1" align="left" valign="top" | Description
-! width="45%" border="1" align="left" valign="top" | Examples
-|-
-|j2ee.home
-|The absolute path to the directory where J2EE SDK is installed.
-|c:\j2sdkee1.4 (on Windows) or /home/mydir/j2sdkee1.4 (on Unix)
-|}

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Exporting I-Card Manager application as a Web Archive (WAR) file