Re: Debugging web applications in IBM RationalSoftwareDevelopment Platform Version: 6.0...

Keep in mind that if you use the Servlet Wizard, the servlet mapping is
established automatically.

As far as debugging goes, if you use the Project Navigator view, Debug
works as it always has.

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On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:49 AM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Debugging web applications in IBM
RationalSoftwareDevelopment Platform Version: 6.0...

Mike!  Hold on!  Don't panic!

I've complained about this particular issue before, and I never seemed

to

get anyone's attention.  Maybe now that it's someone besides me,

they'll

listen <grin>.

Anyway, the short answer is that WDSC V6 took this feature away.  How

or

why, I don't know, but whereas in V5 you could launch a servlet using

a

simple right-click and debug on server, you can no longer do it in V6.
The
last time I brought the issue up, I got the response that I could map

the

servlet in my Deployment Descriptor and then launch it from there.

The fact that this means I have to keep my descriptor open when I

didn't

have to before (not to mention having to map the servlet in the first
place)
didn't seem to make any impression.  The fact that every other type of
runnable item, from simple Java classes to HTML to JSP, could be

launched

using a right-click also didn't phase them.

So, the long answer is that if you want to launch a servlet using a
right-click, you must map it in your deployment descriptor (under
Servlets)
and then you can launch it from there, NOT from the source.

Otherwise,

you
have to type the servlet address into the browser (or write an HTML

page

to
launch it).

Which brings up one other issue: does anyone know how to bring up a
browser
window inside of WDSC without actually launching anything?  Sometimes

I

just
want to type in an address to test something, and unless I already

have a

browser window up, I can't do it.  I have to launch something.

Joe

From: Mike Burdette

Hi all:

Well, I made the move from WDSC 5.0 to WDSc 6 (Rational). Of course

I

burned all bridges and opened up my workspace with WDSc 6 without a

recent

backup.

After creating multiple workspaces and trying several different

ways, I

am

unable to debug my web application in Rational at all. After

creating a

new workspace and importing my existing projects, when I select my

servlet

and choose to "Debug on Server", I am told, "Could not find a server

to

run the selection." The next time I try to debug it, I am not given

the

"Debug on server" option, only "Debug". When I select this, I am

presented

with the "Create, manage, and run configurations" dialog box. I

select

WAS

6.0 under configurations and it looks like a new config is being set

up.

I

am told however that : " The Enterprise Application must contain at

least

one Application Client." However the only option I am given under

the

Application Client module is the "Default" option, which is

apparently

not

the right answer, but it is the only answer you can choose.

I am frustrated, and tired of trying the same thing over again with

the

same results (yes, I am living this definition of insanity). I have

used

WDSc 5.0 for 2 years, and thought I understood how it worked, but I

was

very wrong it appears.

Does any of this sound familiar to anyone and can you offer any

help? I

have followed the steps in the help section and tutorials of WDSc,

but

am

not getting the results advertised.

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