How to run

If you're using the delivery pack, simply double-click the anteater.jar file to launch the application. Ensure that Java is installed on your system before running the application. If Java is not installed, you can download it from the official Java website or you can use following command:

$ java -jar anteater.jar
Start dir: D:\projects\anteater\delivery-pack\anteater

If you use a classpath definition, ensure you run the main class: com.ganteater.ae.desktop.Anteater:

$ java -cp anteater.jar;plugins/*.jar com.ganteater.ae.desktop.Anteater

To run the Anteater desktop within a Maven project, you can run the Anteater desktop application using the Maven plugin with the following command:

$ mvn ae:run

This command launches the Anteater application with its graphical user interface (GUI), allowing you to edit recipes, monitor logs, and debug workflows directly from your Maven project setup.

Look And Feel

Sometimes you may want to change the look of the application to highlight some environment settings or you just prefer a different look.

If you want to see the desired configuration in the look and save this look in the settings, you can use the LOOK_AND_FEEL variable:

<Configuration name="Commands" userPreferencesEncryption="false">
	...
	<Var name="LOOK_AND_FEEL" value="javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel"/>
</Configuration>

In a case when you don't have LOOK_AND_FEEL configuration variable but you want to change look and feel you need to open “Required Dialogs” window and select “Look And Feel” and restart application. After that you will see “Look And Feel” input dialog and you can select one of defined styles.