Re-using an Existing Root JAR
If you have decided to directly re-use an existing root JAR for the applet(s) in question, then all you have to do is list this JAR in the plug-in tag.
Using a New Logical Root JAR
In the case where a new JAR is to be added, however, the necessary steps are as follows.
1. Create content and manifest description files for your logical JAR's components. You can use a target within MakeJar.xml to do this for you by executing the following in codebase:
ant -f MakeJar.xml makeNewJarDescr -DlogicalJarName=
logicalJarName
For example, for a new logical JAR, foo, one would execute:
ant -f MakeJar.xml makeNewJarDescr -DlogicalJarName=foo
◦ This creates an empty FCS .includes files for the specified logical JAR in codebase/jarContents, e.g. for a logical JAR, foo, this file would be fooFCS.includes.
◦ This also creates head, Customization, DSU, and FCS .manifest files in codebase/jarManifests for the specified logical JAR, e.g. for a logical JAR, foo, these files would be foo.manifest, fooCust.manifest, fooDSU.manifest, and fooFCS.manifest. All of these files except the head manifest (e.g. foo.manifest) are initially empty. The head manifest defaults to have a Class-Path entry listing the Customization, DSU, and FCS JAR components of the logical JAR followed by wtApplet.jar, e.g. for a logical JAR, foo, the entry would be:
Class-Path: fooCust.jar fooDSU.jar fooFCS.jar wtApplet.jar
This entry should be amended if your logical JAR does not depend on wtApplet.jar or has additional dependencies - in either case these should be listed after the FCS JAR entry.
2. Create a .set file in <Windchill>/codebase/jarManifests that includes the logical name of your new JAR.
3. Build your JAR by executing an appropriate target on the MakeJar.xml script (from the codebase directory), e.g.:
ant -f MakeJar.xml buildFullClientJars -DlogicalJarNames=foo
where “foo” should be replaced by the name of your logical JAR.
4. Test your new JAR by using it in your applets' plug-in tags, recording missing resources via the HTTP Request Logging utility as described in
Using the HTTP Request Log Utility.
6. Re-test your applet.