Installing Aria

Runtime usage

The initial Aria developer snapshot contains a single runtime jar file (AriaRuntimeCommon.jar), which contains all the widgets sets and is compiled against JDK 6. Eventually the various widgets will be split out and distributions for several legacy JDKs from 1.1.8 will be released. To build against this runtime simply include the jar file in your project's classpath. Most IDEs will be able to scan for the main class entry points (i.e. org.formaria.swing.Applet, org.formaria.awt.Applet, org.formaria.swt.Applet, org.formaia.swing.app.DockingApp, or org.formaia.swing.app.DesktopApp).

NetBeans installation

The NetBeans install

comprises several modules, all of which must be installed. To install the files download and unzip the file. Then within NetBeans go to the Tools | Plugins and choose the Downloaded tab and click Add plugins... to add the nbm files. Then follow the instructions. Once done the plugin installation can be checked be looking at the File | New project... and checking for the Aria project wizard.

Eclipse installation

Like the NetBeans install begins the Eclipse installation with a download of the plugin from SourceForge. Once downloaded, unzip the file and place the contents under the plugins folder of you Eclipse installation. On restarting Eclipse a successful install of the plugin adds a new project option under File | New | Project| Aria.

Please note that the Eclipse SQL Explorer plugin needs to be installed prior to installing the Aria plugin in order for the Aria Editor to launch correctly.