I get errors while building the platform

If you want to build the platform, you have to run ant with the build.xml file, located in the root of the SmartProducts SVN repository.

Building platform for the first time

When you checkout the platform and try to compile it for the first time by simply running ant, this will fail and you will get the error message shown below.

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Buildfile: SmartProductsEU\build.xml
 
BUILD FAILED
 
SmartProductsEU\build.xml:4: 
          Cannot find SmartProductsEU\${smartproducts-root}\build-conf\common_build.xml 
          imported from SmartProductsEU\build.xml

This happens because the path to the SmatProduct root folder is not set. Open the folder "build-conf", duplicate  the “my.properties_default”  and rename it  to “my.properties”.

Set “smartproducts-root” to the path to your SmartProduct folder

Save the file and use ant to build the platform.

It should work now.