How to build 七政四餘星盤  天星擇日  占星盤 - Moira

• Download and install Eclipse 3.4.2 or later (Eclipse IDE for Java Developers ) from http://www.eclipse.org, setup the workspace.

• Create a new Java project with Moira as project name. File->New->Java Project. Enter Moira as project name, select "use project folder and root for sources and class files", and click Finish.

• Right click on Moira project and select Import->General->Archive File and select source.zip.

• Install Moira if not done already, go to the Moira installation folder and copy the following files to the Moira folder under the Eclipse workspace

  • ephe (folder)

  • icon (folder)

  • readme.html, splash.png

  • moira.ico

  • moira_t.prop, moira_s.prop, cities.prop

  • swt-win.jar, swt-win32-3064.dll

  • WMM.COF

• Right click on Moira, select Properties.  Click Java Build Path, then Library tab and click Add External Jars to add the following 2 jars

  • <Eclipse workspace>\Moira\swt-win.jar

  • <Java Runtime Environment installation path>\lib\plugin.jar

• Click OK.  (Note:  You can also change the Java Compiler compliance level to 1.4 to minimize the number of warnings.)

• Right click on the Moira project and select Refresh.

• To run Moira as an application, expand org.athomeprojects.moira, right click on Moira.java, select Run as->Java Applcation.

• To run Moira as an applet, expand org.athomeprojects.moiraApplet, right click on MoiraApplet.java, select Run->Java Applet.  (Note.  MoiraApplet can be signed or unsigned.  The signed version will have access to the file system and provides additional data/image open/save options. To sign the applet, please take a look at the instructions at Steps for the Code Signer.  To control the language used in the applet: either Traditional or Simplified Chinese, please take a look at the source code of applet_t.html or applet_s.html.)