[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: .jar in lib folder not visible, no filter s

["Lars Vogel" <Lars.Vogel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

thank you for the advice but unfortunately the file is still not visible.

I did start Eclipse with -clean. If I paste other libs into the folder then 
they are visible.

Best regards, Lars
"Paul A. Rubin" <rubin@xxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Lars Vogel wrote:
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> not sure what you mean. If I copy on the file system for example a file, 
>> e.g. an icon, and press F5 on the folder the new file becomes visible.
>>
>> Are you saying .jars behave differently?
>
> No, jars behave the same in that regard.  Copying a jar into a project 
> folder and hitting F5 should make the jar visible in the project explorer.
>
>> I tried now now to import the jar but the system tells me source and 
>> destination are the same.
>
> Clearly the system knows it's there.
>
> Two things to try:
>
> 1.  Start eclipse with the -clean switch.  Maybe that will shake something 
> loose.
>
> 2.  If not, copy some other jar file into the same folder, hit F5, and see 
> if that one shows up.
>
> /Paul
>