Eclipse 3.6 option - 'deployment assembly' not working for my web project

[Jacky S Zhang]

I'm having a trouble to exporting a web project to WAR file using Eclipse 3.6. Have no problem in 3.5, I used the option of "java EE module dependency" to select the external JARs I want to export to WEB-INF\lib. In 3.6 doesn't have this option and google it found I should use 'deployment assembly'. I did it but after I export my project, I don't see external jars exported. I noticed in the console, it has an warning message:

Projects must be referenced by an EAR or a WAR to use classpath publish/export dependencies whose runtime path (../) maps into the parent component.

Anyone knows what I missed?

Thanks..

Jacky

[Jacky S Zhang]

I found can do it this way. I created a empty web project, add all the external JARs I need. Then back to original web project, in the deployment assembly, add the empty project. After i export to war file, I can see the external JARs are in WEB-INF/lib. But at the same time I saw my empty project.WAR is there as well.... I think there should be a better way in 3.6 does same thing as in the old version option 'Java EE module dependency'... Anyone know how to do it?

jacky

[Jacky S Zhang]

Resolved... just need to "deployment assembly" -> "add" -> "external archive". I was using the "referenced project classpath entries" that's why not working...

[Christophe Verré]

Thanks for letting everybody know how you solved it