EGL Auction Administration setup instructions

System prerequisites

This application has the same system prerequisites as the Auction Construction Web application. Please see the setup instructions for the Auction Construction Web application to view these prerequisites. In addition to these prerequisites, you will need to enable EGL Developer capabilities.

To enable EGL Developer Capabilities:

  1. Click Window > Preferences.
  2. In the left pane, expand Workbench and click Capabilities.
  3. Select the EGL Developer check box.
  4. Click OK

Workspace prerequisites

In addition to meeting the system prerequisites, you must import the EGL Auction Administration sample into a workspace that includes the Auction Construction Web application.

To access the Web application sample in the Samples Gallery, expand the Showcase samples folder, expand the Auction Application folder, expand the Construction folder, and click Web Application.


Running the Auction Administration sample

After importing the Auction Administration sample into the workspace, you will need to set up its test environment. To start the sample application in the test environment:

  1. Open the Servers view and right-click the server that is already configured to run AuctionV60Web, then select Add and Remove Projects.
  2. Select AuctionV60EGLEAR from Available projects and click Add to add it to the project list.
  3. Click Finish to deploy the AuctionV60EGLEAR to the server.
  4. Right-click on login.jsp in the WebContent directory of the AuctionV60EGL project and select Run > Run on Server. The Server selection window opens.
  5. Click Finish to run the Auction Administration sample.
  6. The Auction Administration home page opens in the browser. This may take a few moments.
  7. Log on as an administrator. One of the default administrator IDs is:
    • ID =dale@yahoo.com pw = dale
  8. From the Administration Homepage, you may explore the database administration capabilities.