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• Add the framework/base/config directory as source folder to the Eclipse classpath.
• Select OFBiz project, right-click on it -> Run As -> Run ... (alike for Debug)
• Select Java Application and click on New
• Set Run configuration name to OFBiz.start
  • Main tab:
    • Project: OFBiz
    • Main class: org.ofbiz.base.start.Start
  • Arguments:
    • Program Arguments: -start
    • VM arguments: -DDEBUG=true -Xms(minValue)M -Xmx(maxValue)M  (typically minValue = 128, maxValue = 512)
• Click on Apply
• add the following lines to the /ofbiz/framework/entity/src/META-INF/services/org.ofbiz.base.conversion.ConverterLoader unless your ofbiz svn release is greater or equal to r1308085. see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-4777^{Image Removed}
  • org.ofbiz.base.conversion.BooleanConverters
  • org.ofbiz.base.conversion.CollectionConverters
  • org.ofbiz.base.conversion.DateTimeConverters
  • org.ofbiz.base.conversion.JSONConverters
  • org.ofbiz.base.conversion.MiscConverters
  • org.ofbiz.base.conversion.NetConverters
  • org.ofbiz.base.conversion.NumberConverters
• add the build-eclipse target in the main build.xml as
  <target name="build-eclipse" depends="build">
  <delete>
  <fileset dir="${basedir}">
  <include name="**/build/lib/ofbiz-*.jar"/>
  <exclude name="**/ofbiz-minerva.jar"/>
  </fileset>
  </delete>
  </target>
• run ant build-eclipse at the OFBiz directory
• launch OFBiz.start with the debugger launcher

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The following is a bit old. For installation at least you might be interested by http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipseDataToolsPlatform/article.html^{Image Removed}

Connecting the database

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