WebApp properties page

You can edit properties of your WebApp on the WebApp properties page. You get to this page by right-clicking the WebApp node in the project pane, selecting Properties from the context menu, and clicking the WebApp tab. For more information on WebApps, see "The WebApp."

Name

Specifies the name of the WebApp.

Directory

Specifies the location of the WebApp's root directory.

WAR

Specifies the location of the WAR file (web archive).

Compress The Contents Of The Archive

Check box indicating whether or not to compress the WAR file's contents.

Always Create Archive When Building The Project

Check box indicating whether or not to generate (or update) a WAR file whenever the project is built. This check box corresponds to the "Generate WAR" check box in the Web Application wizard. You may wish to turn WAR generation off during development, and only enable it before you build the project for the final time prior to deployment.

File Types Included

A list of file types to include for both file browsing and WAR generation. Only the file types which are checked will be included, based on file extension. The file extensions associated with each file type can be viewed or changed on the File Types page of the IDE Options dialog box, available from the Tools menu.