eclipse-rcp

Licensing an Eclipse RCP application as GPL

I'm currently developing an Eclipse RCP application an I would like to release it under GPL v 3. As far as I can tell, Eclipse Public License (under which the RCP code is licensed) allows this, but the Free Software Foundation says that EPL is incompatible with GPL. As I understand it, this only applies to the case where you want to use ...

FilteredTree (JFace): custom filter that shows all children

Hi, I'm currently using a FilteredTree with a PatternFilter to display data in a Tree. My problem is that it only shows the elements matching the pattern and hides their children (except they also match the pattern). Example: Tree: A -B --1 --2 -C --1 --2 Pattern "B" gives me: A -B But I need: A -B --1 --2 I tried a few t...

Eclipse RCP: Get rid of "reset perspective" message

In an RCP application, we dynamically load plugins and our applicaton can add new plugins. When we create a new plugin, we then load it with: newBundle = Activator.getDefault().getBundleContext().installBundle(location); newBundle.start(); This causes a confirmation dialog appears with the message "Changes to installed plug-ins ha...

Eclipse rcp plugin added to the target can be resolved at compile time, but not run time.

I've added a plugin to the target platform of my RAP application. I can reference it without issue without any problems while working on the project, and the compile happens without errors. The plugin also shows up in the plugin dependiencies library of my build path. However, when I run the application, the osgi framework gives me the e...

Eclipse RCP: how do I get path to the ini file?

Hi there! I am developing an Eclipse RCP application, lets call it MyRcpApp. So, MyRcpApp will have MyRcpApp.ini file, near its launcher MyRcpApp.exe. Question: is it possible to get full path to ini file (like C:\work\MyRcpAppExported\eclipse\MyRcpApp.ini) from inside java code of MyRcpApp? Thanks in advance, Sergey ...

How to make installer for Eclipse RCP

I would like to create installer for Eclipse RCP application. What is the best way to do this? It is possible? Eclipse Platform Version: 3.6.1 ...

jnlp. eclipse rcp

Hi quick question, new to eclipse RCP environment. I have a Webstart Apps/jnlp that I would like to add into an already made rcp client. Was wondering if It was possible to integrate it into the RCP so it will appear under the menu toolbar so if it was clicked from the menu upon the jnlp will load into the browser. How will I go about d...

how to load a web start application into eclipse rcp

Hi quick question, I have a Webstart Apps/jnlp in which I would like to add into an already made rcp client. Can I integrate the web start application into the RCP so it will appear under the menu toolbar so if it was clicked it will load ithe application.If so How will I go about doing that, would it need to be place into as a plug-in? ...

How to specify trigger key for content assit in Eclipse RCP editor?

There is a method getCompletionProposalAutoActivationCharacters in ContentAssistProcessor that can return characters which trigger the completion proposals. For example I can return new char[] { '.' } so that each time I type dot in the editor the word completion proposal shows up. I thought that there should be a simular way to specif...

RIFIDI Simulator using Eclipse Ide....

am trying to run the rifid simulator using eclipse IDE...." http://wiki.rifidi.org/index.php/Rifidi:Source_Code"i followed the procedure as given as from the URL but after completing the Procedure... i got the error msg some "org.rifidi.bundle" was missing where i can download these bundle pls help me any one... while running my program ...

MouseDown events are not delivered until MouseUp when a Drag Source is present

I have a mouse listener. It has some code to respond to mouseUp and mouseDown events. This works correctly. However, as soon as I add a DragSource, my mouseDown event is no longer delivered -- until I release the mouse button! This is trivial to reproduce - below is a simple program which contains a plain shell with just a mouse listen...

Eclipse RCP p2 update not working

I have a personal Eclipse RCP product (com.example.product) based on one personal feature (com.example.feature) which is composed of one personal plugin (com.example.plugin) and a bunch of others from Eclipse Helios (3.6). I want the app to check for updates and update itself if necessary from a p2 site. I want it to be headless, ie the ...

Eclipse RCP: build product able to load all plugins in plugins directory

I need to configure my eclipse product to load all features/plugins in features/plugins directory. Now my product loads just plugins that are listed in metadata, so if I export some plugin directly from eclipse tool as "deployable plugins" it's loaded in my product, but if I put a plugin jar directly in plugins directory It doesn't appe...

Eclipse RCP: building product with feature that requires other features

I need to build a product that contains one feature, I want this feature, containing application, requires another feature that can be updated independently from product, so I put this last one in required section and not in included section. the tree is this: it.prodotto (product id) it.rcp.prototipo.application.feature (main feature ...

Error during p2 eclipse-rcp app headless update

I'm trying to do a headless update at startup for my product com.example.product, which contains com.,example.feature which contains com.example.plugin. Here's the error I'm getting in my logs, and the code generating it follows that. It seems to be picking up the update site and the IUs ok, but then can't find the artifact. (P2Util.jav...

Problem with loading custom appender using log4j property file

Hi all, I'm working on an Eclipse RCP project comprised from multiple plugin projects, and having trouble load a custom appender using the following property file in log4j: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"&gt; ...

Why aren't my Resources being refreshed in my Eclipse plugin?

I have a custom Eclipse plugin I am working on. It has a CustomerExplorer View(Part) that effectively replaces the 'Project Explorer' and it has a number of MultiPageEditorParts, each has a XML editor and a Form editor, both modifying the same configuration file. The XML editor is a TextEditor. The form and the XML are linked and each up...

Eclipse RCP editor docking behaviour for views

In an Eclipse RCP application I would like to create a View that contains multiple child views, allowing docking only within the enclosing view. The behaviour I'm looking for is the same as the Java Editor allows in the Eclipse IDE. i.e. you can split the Java editor up and drag and drop Java files between the split sections. However, ...

How can I add a hyperlink to a SWT/Jface Dialog

How can I make a hyperlink in a jface Dialog that when clicked opens the link in the default web browser. A full example would be useful. I know there is a org.eclipse.jface.text.hyperlink package but I can't find a suitable example. ...

Alter properties of a menu item in Eclipse Plugin?

I am trying to modify the behaviour of File -> Refresh in the menu bar of my Eclispe plugin. I am effectively trying to override the activeWhen behaviour of the "org.eclipse.ui.file.refresh" command, so that it is always active. There seems to be plenty of information on creating these menu items but very little on overriding them, any ...