Issues in creating an extension through Eclipse

[Former Member]

Hi,I was trying to create an extension through Ee.In the Ant menu,after clicking on extgen I am getting a drop down menu but it does not contain any clickable items.Thus I am unable to select a valid template name for creating a template.I will be really thankful if anyone could offer any help in this regard.

[Former Member]

Hi , Can you check your extracted hybris folder path hybris -> bin -> ext-template. Check whether the folder contains extensions starting with "y"

If there are no extensions present then I guess the zip file was not extracted correctly.

-Sanjay

[Former Member]

Hi Sanjay...there are about 24 extensions in ext-template folder starting with "y".

[Former Member]

I would always recommend using ant on the command line to do this. A lot safer and better supported as a method to generate extensions.

https://wiki.hybris.com/display/release5/Creating+a+New+Extension

[Former Member]

Thanks Jonathan.But why are there issues with creating them through a standard IDE like Ee?Why is it unsafe to do it using an IDE?

[Former Member]

Using the command line is generally a more accepted and proven method from the hybris community. So you will see a lot of experience and support if there are issues using it this way.

I'm unsure of the problem with Ee. If it should work, then hopefully someone can answer this who has done it before or is more familiar with Ee.

[Former Member]

Thanks Jonathan