[VincentVega]

Attempted to update MyEclipse using the software updates feature to no avail.

I have been unsuccessful in searching the forums for an answer.

I am wondering how to maintain the preferences set during original intallation (application server, ant , editors, etc….) in upgrading to future versions of MyEclipse (e.g MyEclipse v3.8.2 to v3.8.4).

If there is a way, will that method hold for jumping to the new Eclipse Platform v3.1.0 and MyEclipse v4.0 (e.g. How do I migrate my preferences from the MyEclipse v3.8.2 to the latest v4.0.0 ?)

Posting Guideline questions given below:

What operating system and version are you running? –> WIN XP ’02 SP1

What Eclipse version and build id are you using? (Help > About Eclipse Platform)

–>
Eclipse Platform
Version: 3.0.0
Build id: 200406251208

– Was Eclipse freshly installed for MyEclipse? –> NO

– If not, was it upgraded to its current version using the update manager? –> NO, getting the following errors when attempts are made:

Network connection problems encountered during search.
Unable to access “http://update.eclipse.org/updates/3.0”.
Unable to access site: “http://update.eclipse.org/updates/3.0” [Connection timed out: connect]
Unable to access site: “http://update.eclipse.org/updates/3.0/site.xml” [Connection timed out: connect]
Unable to access “http://www.myeclipseide.com/products/eworkbench/updates-3.0/”.
Unable to access site: “http://www.myeclipseide.com/products/eworkbench/updates-3.0/” [Connection timed out: connect]
Unable to access site: “http://www.myeclipseide.com/products/eworkbench/updates-3.0/site.xml” [Connection timed out: connect]

– Are any other external plugins installed? –> no

– How many plugins in the <eclipse>/plugins directory are like org.eclipse.pde.*
–>
8 plugins:

org.eclipse.pde.build_3.0.0
org.eclipse.pde.core_3.0.0
org.eclipse.pde.doc.user_3.0.0
org.eclipse.pde.junit.runtime_3.0.0
org.eclipse.pde.runtime_3.0.0
org.eclipse.pde.source_3.0.0
org.eclipse.pde.ui_3.0.0
org.eclipse.pde_3.0.0

What MyEclipse version are you using? (Help > About Eclipse Platform > Features)
–>
Version: 3.8.2
Build id: 200409171200-3.8.2

What JDK version are you using to run Eclipse? (java -version) –> JDK version 1.4.2_05

What JDK version are you using to launch your application server? –> JDK version 1.3.1_06

What application server are you using? –> WebLogic Server 7.0 SP2

Are there any exceptions in the Eclipse log file? (<workspace>/.metadata/.log) –> none

What steps did you take that resulted in the issue?

–> Attempted to update MyEclipse using the software updates feature

[Riyad Kalla]

Vince,
The reason there is no update site was covered in the release notes (short version: incompatible libs from Eclipse have same version number, so we can’t deploy them over update site without it barfing your install).

Now, as far as persisting your preferences, Window > Preferences > (click) Export for Eclipse 3.0, and File > Export > Preferences for 3.1. Also don’t forget you have to export/import your code templates and formatting styles independent of this top level one if you want to keep them.

As far as upgrading, please doa clean install of Eclipse 3.1 SDK and MyEclipse 4.0 GA, also use a brand new workspace and import all your preferences then use FIle > Import > Existing project to pull in your old projects. Don’t try and reuse the old workspace, it will only lead to problems.

[VincentVega]

RKalla:

Thanks for the help.

Is there any way to save run configurations for regular java applicaion classes ( classes that contain main() method. ) ?

[Riyad Kalla]

I am not aware of a way to persist the runtime configurations, sorry. Maybe ask on the Eclipse newsgroup?

[VincentVega]

This topic should be closed. Thanks. 🙂

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