I want to run a batch file from Eclipse. I managed to do that using External Tools. Now it would be great if I am able to run .bat from tool bar by clicking some icon. Is that possible?
Yes. It is possible.
Run --> External Tools --> Organize Favourite..
Press Add and choose the external tools configuration that you created for this .bat
OK
Then you can run this .bat from tool bar by clicking the following icon :
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I would like to have the possibility to run a .launch file without having to navigate to a project and folder and choose that file and right click and choose run.
It would also be nice if I could run tomcat without having to navigate to the server tab as you can see in screenshot
Is there any way I can do this?
.launch files are managed in Eclipse as Run configurations. Normally, .launch files present in an Eclipse project are automatically added to the list of run configurations for the project. These can be accessed through Run | Run Configurations... or using the run menu shortcut
If the launch files are not automatically detected when a project is first imported, running them once should allow Eclipse to detect them.
I am using Eclipse Neon, and I would like to execute system commands on a shell/terminal, inside Eclipse.
In particular, I will need to open the system shell using the path of the current project folder on which I'm working in Eclipse.
In some Eclipse packages, like STS or Eclipse for JEE Developers, the Terminal is already installed in your IDE. If not, you can install the TM Terminal from the Eclipse */release update site, as you can see in the image below.
To open the command prompt (shell or terminal) using the path of a project directory inside Eclipse, you just need to select the folder, and press Ctrl+Alt+T, or right-click and select Show In Local Terminal > Terminal.
Then, the terminal will open in a new view inside Eclipse.
The Eclipse IDE which I am working there is no Terminal is there. So I needed to add the plug in like this and it works fine when you try clicking Alt+Ctrl+T
Click on Help in Eclipse-->Eclipse Marketplace--> in Find box (Search terminal and Enter)--> You will see TM Terminal 4.0 Version and just install it.
You may need to restart afterwards
And finally you will be able to get the Terminal when you will type
Alt+Ctrl+T on Console.
If you don't have the TM Terminal plugin installed, you could use external run configurations.
Click on the arrow near run button with the toolbox and add a new external run configuration.
Here, you can enter the path of your program(if you want to run commands, it will be C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe (or the path to PowerShell on windows and /bin/bash (or similar if you use another shell) on linux.
In this dialog, you can also specify running directory of the application(the current project in your case)
After that, you can save this configuration and start it using the external run configuration menu(run button with toolbox)
Click on Run Cofiguration--> arguments --> Program Arguments (write any number of String) -->click on run
Go to Window > show view > Other.
A dialog will show up, type Terminal in the search field, select Terminal and click open.
A new empty view will show up in Eclipse.
On the top right corner of the view there is a button Labeled "open a Terminal".
Click on it, a dialog will show up
click OK and there you go, you got a Terminal.
The question is self explanatory, when I run my demo-html project as a Web Application and I open Chrome with the provided link by eclipse, my browser doesn't show the image it is supposed to show in a new project.. However, the tab displays the correct title "Demo". Can somebody help me with this?
Eclipse after Running the project:
And Chrome running the app:
You don't run it as web application. The simplest way is to run
gradle html:superDev
in command line. I'm not very familiar with Eclipse, so here a guide how to run it via IDE from the wiki:
Right click the html project, Run As -> External Tools Configuration. Create a new configuration by double clicking the Program entry in the left sidebar. Give the configuration a name, e.g. GWT SuperDev. Set the location field to the gradlew.bat (Windows) or gradlew (Linux, Mac) file. Set the working directory to the root folder of your project. Specify html:superDev as the Argument. Press 'Apply', then 'Run'. Wait until you see the message The code server is ready. in the console view, then open the URL http://localhost:8080/html. You can leave the server running. If you change code or assets, simply click the SuperDev Refresh button in the browser. This will recompile your app and reload the site.
In IntelliJ you can trivially run the gradle task itself.
From Eclipse, how to go to the specific folder? I mean in windows, how to open a command line which corresponding to the folder or direct open the file explorer to open the corresponding folder?
You have to create an external tool with location ${env_var:SystemRoot}\explorer.exe (or cmd.exe) and arguments /select,${resource_loc} . Any selected file or directory can now be shown in the windows explorer.
Create an External tool
Go into the external tool configuration (you can find it into the corresponding toolbar icon) :
Then you can create your own external tool :
Create a new Program (select Program in the tree)
Name it shell
Set the location to ${env_var:SystemRoot}\explorer.exe
Set the arguments to /select,${resource_loc}
Run the external tool
Once created you can run the external tool from the context menu or from the toolbar ...
I have been using an Eclipse plugin called PathTools for sometime now, and am happy with it.
It adds a number of buttons to the Eclipse toolbar which allow you to :
Directly open a cmd prompt at the selected folder.
Open an Explorer window for the selected folder.
Update site : http://pathtools.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/PathToolsUpdateSite/site.xml
Sample screenshots
Installing the `Path Tools Feature`
I chose to install only the Path Tools Feature
Opening a terminal
Opening a terminal directly at the Folder Path :
(The above snapshot is that for OSX but works in Windows as well)
Opening Explorer
Opening a folder directly in Explorer/Finder :
Great simple plugin for this:
http://basti1302.github.com/startexplorer/
2019 update (no plugins required):
Right click the desired folder in the Project Explorer, go to Show In, choose either Terminal or System Explorer. See below screenshot:
Right click the file (in left pane).. then use Win Goodies -> Open file in Explorer
I would like to add button to toolbar or menu item to menu in Eclipse PDT to run external command line exe or bat file. How to do this in Windows?
You can create a custom "External Tools" run configuration.
Click on the button beside the Run button which looks the same as the Run button except it has a little red toolbox. Choose "External Tools Configurations" and create a new "Program" run configuration.