Eclipse IDE

[Anushka Kalkundri]

Workspace in use or cannot be created ,choose a different one

[Anushka Kalkundri]

Anushka Kalkundri wrote:Workspace in use or cannot be created ,choose a different one

I am connected on lan the files are kept on the server. when i open the java program on server in eclipse , and somebody from anoher machine tries to open the same file the above message is displayed.
is there any way using which two programmers simultaneously work on the same program , may be with read only access. please help out.

[Malique Hatch]

Eclipse does not allow a workspace in use to be opened by another instance of eclipse.

you should use some version control tools like CVS , SVN. both are open source. that would make much easier to work simultaneously on the same files, and also maintain versioning.

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

Welcome to JavaRanch Malique

[Anushka Kalkundri]

thanks malique for your help i will try it, i found on net that aptana is a plugin used for eclipse for version control can you help me it..? do i need some changes to be made in the working environment or code .

[Tim Holloway]

A workspace is your own personal collection of projects. No other user should be using it and it would normally be on your local hard drive unless you're into roaming profiles or something like that.

As Malique has pointed out, the official (shared) code and resources should be kept in a proper source code management system where it will be properly accessible over the network and co-ordination between users can be maintained. You'd then use one of Eclipse's Source Code Management plug-ins to pull copies of projects to work on in your workspace and to update the master code repository when your work is ready to be incorporated into the official copy of the project.