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THIS FILE IS OBSOLETE ,
PLEASE CHECK THE REPORT APENDIX FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION
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Check List:
1. Tomcat 6.0 ( or newer )
2. Postgres SQL 8.4
3. Java JRE 6.0
4. Java JDK 1.6
5. Libraries .Check "./libraries/libraries.txt" for the jar files needed . They can be found in the school netwrok but I don't exactly know where.
( for LG lab they are marked with by network drive "J" )
The library files can also be found in the application's subfolder "./EchoGameWebApp/build/web/WEB-INF/lib"
but have to be copied to a seperate location before adding them to the project.
6. IDE USED: Netbeans 6.0 but you can use any other IDE
How to use
1. Configuring the webapplication:
Open "./EchoGameWebApp/src/java/applicationContext.xml".
Lines :
22 <property name="url" value="jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/EchoGame"/> Set the location of your database here
23 <property name="username" value="postgres"/> Set username for accesing database here
24 <property name="password" ref="password" /> Will open a dialog window and ask for database password
If you want to stop the application from nagging you for a database password on each run you can do the folowing :
1.1. Comment out or delete line
17 <bean id="password" class="Main factory-method="getPassword" />
An the replace current line 24 from
<property name="password" ref="password" />
TO
<property name="password" value="<<put_password_here>>" />
2. Creating the DataBase
After oppening the project in netbeans or favorite IDE run the "Main.java" file.
Click "yes" to create the database.
Click "no" to delete the database.
NOTE: when updates to the application are made you'll have to delete the old database ( by running Main.java of the old application)
and create the new database ( by running Main.java in the new application)
3. Run the application
You are ready to go. You can run the webapplication from Netbeans now.
I will add instructions on how to deploy the application to tomcat directly without the need of an IDE.