[news.eclipse.tools] Problems creating projects in different locations..

[Miriam Ford <miriamf@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I'm seeing some inconsistencies when creating projects in different
locations (other than the default location).

1.  When selecting a drive other than where I have eclipse installed
(ie: d:\) for the project location, the project seems to be created in
eclipse and the navigator view displays it, but the actual project
directory is not created in the d:\ drive, and what the navigator view
displays for this project is a tree view of the d:\ drive.  Whatever
files I create in this project end up residing in the root of the d:\
drive not in a project directory under the d:\ drive.

2.  When selecting a drive where I have eclipse installed but not the
actual eclipse directory path (ie: c:\), an error message box is
displayed with the following information: Title: Creation Problems,
Message: Invalid project description, Details:  d:/ and
D:/eclipse/workspace overlap.

3.  When I provide the location for the project to be a directory
outside of the eclipse product directory and this directory doesn't
exist (ie: c:\adirectory), the project (abc) is created and displayed in
the navigator view, but it's not found in the directory c:\adirectory.
All files created in the project abc actually reside in the directory
c:\adirectory not in c:\adirectory\abc.

I think this might be a bug with how the projects are being created.  I
believe what should be happening is that a project directory should
always be created for the Project name being provided, and when the
location path doesn't exist, that location (directory path) should be
created.

We have a defect written against our product because of this problem.
Are there plans for getting this resolved?

Thanks for your help.
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Miriam Ford
IBM, Voice Systems Development
8051 Congress Avenue
Boca Raton, Florida  33487
(561)862-3304, T/L 975-3304
email:  miriamf@xxxxxxxxxx