Add Crystal Report Capabilities to Existing Web Project

[Former Member]

I have a couple existing web projects I want to add Crystal Reporting capabilities to. Is there an easy way to configure a Webproject to have Crystal Report Capabilities without going through the create project wizard?

[SJohnson · Accepted solution]

<p>Using Crystal Reports for Eclipse you can add the Crystal Reports Java Reporting Component facet to existing Web Projects. To achieve this follow these steps:</p><ol><li>Right-click on the Web Project and access the Properties page</li><li>On the Properties page access the Project Facets section</li><li>Click the Add/Remove Project Facets</li><li>Add the Crystal Reports Java Reporting Component facet </li></ol><p>This will update the existing Web Project to include all of the Crystal Reports runtime components. </p><p>Regards,<br />Sean Johnson (CR4E Product Manager) </p>

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

<p>I tried to do it for our existing web project. But in the Properties page, there is no "Project Facets" section. Why?</p><p>The web project was originally developed by WSAD (WebSphere Application Developer) 5.1 . I opened that WSAD workspace with your all-in-one Eclipse 3.2 w/ CR. </p>

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I have the same problem - I&#39;d like to add the reporting libraries to an existing project, but there&#39;s no "Project Facets" section in the project properties. I&#39;m using Eclipse 3.2 and the project in question is a "Dynamic Web Project".

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

<p>I compared our old WSAD project to a new project created by Eclipse 3.2, found that the new project has a few more lines in its .project file. Those lines are:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p> <nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature><br /> <nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature><br /> <nature>org.eclipse.jem.workbench.JavaEMFNature</nature></p><p>&nbsp;</p>I added them to our old project&#39;s .project file, then the "Project Facets" section appeared.

[SJohnson · Accepted solution]

<p>Very useful information! I am sure other users will find this useful.I believe the issue is that the "facet" functionality was introduced with WTP 1.0. If your project was created in an older version of Eclipse, WSAD or RAD then the project settings you have mentioned will not be present. Users will need to add the facet support to their web projects prior to adding the JRC facet.,</p><p>Great find! Thanks again. </p><p>Regards,<br />Sean Johnson (CR4E Product Manager) <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/Web_Links-index-req-ratelink-lid-639.html">Rate this plugin @ Eclipse Plugin Central</a> </p>

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