[Fred Warren]

I recently installed Eclipse 3.0.1 and MyEclipse 3.8.4 (in different directories from previous version). It appears as though I have lost my automatic JSP validation. If I open the file, red rectangles appear in the right margin of the editor window next to the error but there are no x’s in the Package Explorer and no red x’s in circles in the left margin of the editor window. My validation preferences are as they should be…Allow projects to override unchecked, Run validation for manual checked, Run validation on save resource checked, and all boxes checked except HTML Syntax Validator. Project – Build Automatically is checked. Please help. Thank you.

Fred

[Riyad Kalla]

Fred,
Thank you for posting all your details, everything sounds good. What you are likely missing is the “javac” executable in your System PATH so the validator cannot find it.

You can verify this by taking a look at your log file: <workspace dir>\.metadata\.log and look for exceptions related to javac, most likely in the form of “cannot create process” exceptions.

[Fred Warren]

Riyad,
Thanks! That worked. I had the Java home directory in the path without the \bin.

Fred

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