How to use cmd prompt inside Eclipse..?

By: Waqas Ahmad (bitguider@gmail.com)

 

1)     In the Eclipse tool go to Run -> External Tools -> External Tools Configurations

 

 

2)     Select Program and click “New Launch Configuration”

 

3)     Set Location, Working Directory under in main tab

a.       Location : C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

b.      Working Directory : for example “C:\devl\NWBankUI\workspace\ws-client-build”

4)     Make sure “Allocate console” is checked Under Common tab

 

5)     Hit Apply and Run.

6)     In your eclipse console tab you should see your working directory, that’s it you are done J

7)     You can switch console screen to see server log or use it as cmd by selecting “Display selected console”

8)     You can also set more than one console view, 1 for cmd another for server log