Importing a Project 

You can import an existing Web Dynpro project from an Eclipse workspace that is not the current workspace or from another local directory into your workspace.

There are two importing options. Choose the appropriate option and proceed as described below when importing the project:

Procedure

a) Importing a Single Project

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       1.      Choose File → Import → Existing Project into Workspace.

       2.      Choose Next.

       3.      In the second wizard window, navigate to the Web Dynpro project to be imported and complete the import by choosing Finish.

Result

The project is displayed in the Web Dynpro Explorer view including its logical entities, which are immediately ready for further processing.

b) Importing Several Projects Simultaneously

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       1.      Choose File → Import → Multiple Existing Project into Workspace to start the wizard.

       2.      Choose Browse to select the source directories. It is irrelevant whether the projects are from an Eclipse workspace or whether they were stored in a local directory, for example. The base directory, which you to navigate to for the project selection, is the superordinate directory, which in turn contains the directories to be imported. It is irrelevant whether the selected main directory contains only Web Dynpro projects or whether it also contains other projects that were developed in other perspectives of the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio – for example, J2EE projects or Web service projects.

       3.      Select one or more projects to import. Check Open Projects after Import and close the wizard by choosing Finish.

Note that a project import does not copy the files to the workspace, but the files are merely referenced. To copy a project explicitly, choose the shortcut keys Ctrl + C (copy) and Ctrl + V (paste) at file system level.

 

To be able to edit a Web Dynpro project in the Web Dynpro perspective, you must import the project even if you have already physically copied the project files in the file system.