ZK - Open Source Ajax Java Framework

Hi,
This is probably me being silly and not setting something right (I've looked at the settings but nothing seems to solve this). Anyway, the problem is this:

Whenever I include a ZUL file using <include src="whatever" /> in another file, if the component I include has an apply="some class" declaration, then ZK Studio always says it cannot render the object because it cannot find the class specified.

I find this really strange, because the ZUL Editor correctly highlights if the class is not in the class path when creating the file.

I hope it is just me not setting something, because otherwise, the only way to get The ZUL Editor to render the screen is by taking out the apply="" statement.

With a large system under development, this becomes a development and testing nightmare.

If anyone has a solution to this I would welcome it! :-D

Note: This problem has happened with every version of ZK Studio. I am currently using ZK 5.0.6 on Eclipse 3.6 on Linux.
Thanks in advance,
Peter

This post also references issues with includes, but not the same problem as I am having.

I presume the silence on this thread is that I'm being really dumb about something. If so, please enlighten me! Thanks in advance.

Hi there,
I have a similar problem although in my case the Visual Editor shows a 'Fail to render' error when I include a window that has a 'use' attribute in it.
Let's make a concrete example so that maybe someone can find a solution.
I have a test.zul file like this:

<?page title="Test Window" contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" ?>
<zk>
    <window id="testwin" use="controller.TestController">
        <label value="Hello!" />
        <include src="/test2.zul" />
    </window>
</zk>

The test2.zul looks like this:

<?page title="Test Window" contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" ?>
<zk>
    <window id="testwin2" use="controller.TestController">
        <label value="Hi!" />
    </window>
</zk>

And the TestController is just this:

package controller;
import org.zkoss.zul.Window;
public class TestController extends Window {
    public TestController() {
        super();
    }
}

As you can see in the inner window testwin2 there is a 'use' attribute which references a dummy controller which extends from zul's Window class.
This example works fine when deployed to a real Tomcat or whatever server. BUT, the file test.zul cannot be rendered by the ZUL Visual Editor showing a message 'Fail to render: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: controller.TestController'
The test2.zul is displayed with no problem, and in fact, if I remove the 'use' attribute from the testwin2 window, then the test.zul outer window is displayed successfully.
So, I think this is probably a bug in the Visual Editor plug-in. Lets hope someone tries to reproduce it and fix it :-)