Cannot create eclipse RCP product

Question

I have created a minimal RCP project with the Hello World example. I have selected Eclipse as the target platform since I want to modify the eclipse workbench (with the Hello World, Command example).

I have added the extension org.eclipse.core.runtime.products where I have specified:

ID: testID
name: Bob

On this extension I have right-clicked and also created a new product with:

application*: test.product2
name*: name

I have run this plugin and verified that it prints "Hello, Eclipse world " when I press the button.

Next I have created a new Product configuration and added it to the PDE project folder.

On the overview pane I have kept the default settings:

ID: testID
Product: org.eclipse.platform.ide
Application: org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench

On the Dependencies pane I have pressed "Add required plugin-ins". But when I run the product (pressing the green play button) I get the error:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Application "org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench" could not be found in the registry. The applications available are: org.eclipse.equinox.app.error.

Any ideas on how to create this minimal product?

Answer 1

Did you press synchronize before launching your product, as described in the RCP tutorial?

On the overview tab press synchronize and then press "Launch an Eclipse application".
Synchronize will align your product configuration with the launch configuration.