We can use an update site for installing Emonic plug-in. For this, open Eclipse IDE and go to Help > Software Update > Find and Install. And in the following window, select the 'Search for new features to install' option and click on 'Next'. Click on New Remote site and input http:// emonic.sourceforge.net/up datesite/internap/site.xml as the URL for the update site and click on 'Finish' to initiate the installation.

Emomic provides the outline of the C# file that is opened when the Eclipse environment is switched to the .NET Framework perspective.

Prerequisites
Since we are talking of developing .NET applications in Eclipse, it's understood that an Eclipse IDE will be required. Here, we used Eclipse Europa, while Eclipse 3.1 or a later version is required by Emonic plug-in. Also, as Emonic support .NET Framework 2.0, we will require a .NET Framework V2.0 SDK for that. This SDK is provided in the Microsoft DVD of this issue. From Developer\ Tools folder on the DVD, install the DotNetSDK_V2.exe on your system. Also install the NAnt 0.86 Beta 1 by unzipping the downloaded file contents into your root directory.

Setting up .NET environment for Eclipse
Once the requisites are met, and the installation of Emonic on Eclipse is completed, upon restart of Eclipse, you'll be able to use Emonic for .NET development. You can set the perspective of the Eclipse IDE through Window > Open Perspective > Other and then selecting the .NET option from the list. This will set the Eclipse environment in .NET / Mono development mode, but we still have to set the framework definition for either Mono or .NET.

In our case, as we are using .NET Framework, we will set the framework definition through Window > Preferences and then select the Installed Frameworks option under the .NET node. Click on the 'Add' and select Microsoft .NET as Framework Type, and through Browse button set the path for the Framework home directory. Now click on the Building option under .NET node and check that the Emonic build preferences is set as 'nant' for NAnt command. Click 'OK', and now the .NET Framework environment for Eclipse is set.

When creating a build program, remember to specify the NAnt.exe path in the Location and also specify the current project as Working Directory .