Eclipse settings problem

[Rahul Jadaun]

Hello people,

What do I have to do to make eclipse prompt for command line parameters.

Regards,
Rahul.

[bart zagers]

I don't think you can make Eclipse prompt for command line parameters.
You can specify them in the "Run..." (or "Debug...") dialogue in the "(x) arguments" tab.
[ February 15, 2007: Message edited by: bart zagers ]

[Ilja Preuss]

Actually, in my version of eclipse, that tab contains a "Variables..." button. If you click it, you can choose from a huge number of variables, including a number of "..._prompt" variables, which will do exactly what you want.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
Actually, in my version of eclipse

And which version is that?

[bart zagers]

Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
Actually, in my version of eclipse, that tab contains a "Variables..." button. If you click it, you can choose from a huge number of variables, including a number of "..._prompt" variables, which will do exactly what you want.

Thanks, you are right. I've never noticed/used it before. This might come in handy at times.
(Eclipse 3.2.1, but I installed (a test version of) MyEclipseIDE just this week).

[pete stein]

I'm not sure if this is kosher, but in this situation where I need easy access to the command line args, I just run my java prog from another helper prog. For instance if I have a main prog called MainProg, I rename the main method to "myMain" and call it from a second Java prog:

// main program
public class MainProg
{
    public static void myMain(String[] args)
    {
        if (args.length > 0)
        .......

and I have a helper class called RunMain (or whatever) that has something like this:

public class RunMain
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
I'm not sure if this is kosher, but I to do pseudo-prompts for command-line arguments, I just run my java prog from another helper prog.  For instance if I have a main prog called MainProg, I rename the main method to "myMain" and call it from a second Java prog:
 
[code]
// main program
public class MainProg
{
    // my pseudo  main method
    public static void myMain(String[] args)
    {
        if (args.length > 0)
        .......

and I have a helper class called RunMain (or whatever) that has something like this:

public class RunMain
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // here are my "pseudo-command line arguments"
        String[] commandLineArgs = {"Pete", "Stein", "is", "great!"};
        MainProg.myMain(commandLineArgs);
    }
}

This way I can change my command line args at will.
String[] commandLineArgs = {"Pete", "Stein", "is", "great!"};
MainProg.myMain(commandLineArgs);
}
}
[/CODE]

This way I can change my command line args at will in the code.
[ March 15, 2007: Message edited by: pete stein ]