Creating a JSP target

Creating a target is the first step in producing most JSP targets.

StepsTo create a JSP target:

  1. From an open workspace, select File>New

    or

    In the Workspace tab of the System Tree, right-click the workspace name, and select New from the pop-up menu.

  2. On the Target page of the New dialog box, click the JSP Target wizard.

    The JSP Target wizard starts. You use the JSP Target wizard to create a JSP Web site that you deploy to a JSP 1.2 or later component server such as Tomcat or EAServer.

    NoteWhat the Source Controlled JSP Target wizard does The Source Controlled JSP Target wizard opens a JSP target that has been checked in to a source control system

  3. Follow the instructions on the wizard pages.

Target Properties dialog box

After you create a JSP target, you can modify the target properties and add deployment configurations from the Target Properties dialog box. You access the Target Properties dialog box from the pop-up menu for a JSP target in the System Tree.

The Target Properties dialog box for a JSP target has the following options for property selections:

Table 2-4: Target properties dialog box for a JSP site target

On this page

Set these options

Options

The path of the JSP target’s Source folder and Build folder.

Deploy

The local and remote deployment configurations for your target.

You can also set the deployment priority of the various deployment configurations, create new deployment configurations, make changes to existing configurations, and remove deployment configurations.

Run

The start page for the target and the deployment configuration you want to use for running when you click the Run button from the PowerBar or select Run>Run Target from the PowerBuilder menu.