How to Import Existing Project in Eclipse or MyEclipse

In this tutorial I have explained the step by step procedure to import existing project in Eclispe or MyEclipse. I have shown an example of importing web project in MyEclipse, the same will work for Eclipse also.

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How to Import Existing Project in Eclipse or MyEclipse

1. First of all open Eclipse or MyEclipse. Now go to File > Import…

How to Import Existing Project in Eclipse or MyEclipse

 

2. Select General > Existing Projects into Workspace. Then click Next button.

How to Import Existing Project in Eclipse or MyEclipse

 

3. Now choose Select root directory: option and then Browse to the location where the project is present. After that click on OK and then Finish button.

How to Import Existing Project in Eclipse or MyEclipse

 

4. Now you successful imported the project. To run the project just right click on project folder and then goto Run As option to run.

How to Import Existing Project in Eclipse or MyEclipse

 

If you are getting any problem then comment below. I will try to help you.

14 thoughts on “How to Import Existing Project in Eclipse or MyEclipse”

  1. When i go to Run As option it doesn’t show the third option (3MyEclipse Sever Application). What must i do?

  2. when i deploy project in myeclipse then run as server option is missing .
    please help me how to run this project.

  3. i have successfully imported online banking project into eclipse but there is an error in web.xml file in web-inf folder as shown below,
    for the code line in web.xml= xsi:schemaLocation=”http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee
    http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd“>

    error shown:
    Multiple annotations found at this line:
    – schema_reference.4: Failed to read schema document ‘http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-
    app_2_4.xsd’, because 1) could not find the document; 2) the document could not be read; 3) the root element of
    the document is not .
    – cvc-elt.1: Cannot find the declaration of element ‘web-app’.

  4. When I try to run the file it shows nly one option that is java application where as it won’t show tat my eclipse server application and more over the error is *selection does not contain a main type*

  5. I did exactly same but still when I run my application it is showing selection doesn’t contain main type

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