The Eclipse
Organizer, pictured to the right, is a sample application built on top
of the Eclipse Rich Client Platform.
In order to make use of this code, you will require Eclipse 3.3M5 or better, along with several other components. You can download Eclipse here.
To run Eclipse, you require a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). A list of JREs known to work well with Eclipse can be found here.
To install Eclipse, simply unzip the downloaded file into a convenient location. You can launch Eclipse by locating and double-clicking on the executable file ("eclipse.exe" on Windows). If you need help installing and running Eclipse, follow this link.
This sample uses Java 5 constructs and so the Eclipse Java Compiler must be configured to comply with Java 5.0. To do this, open the preferences "Window > Preferences..." and navigate to the "Java > Compiler" page. Change the "Compiler compliance level" to "5.0" as shown below.
You will also have to install the Apache Derby Feature. This feature is available through the Eclipse Europa Discovery Site. To access the Europa Discovery Site, launch Eclipse and select "Help > Software Updates > Find and Install...".
The source code for this application is available through the
Eclipse CVS server which you can access using the Team Project Set found
here 
. This Team
Project Set contains the information required by Eclipse to install the
collection of projects that make up the Eclipse Organizer application.
You must download this file and store it locally. The easiest way to do this is to right click on the link above (or here), and select "Save Link As..." from the menu. Save the file where you can easily find it (like on the desktop for example). Once you use this file to import the projects, you can discard it.
You must then import the Team Project Set into your workspace. Do this by selecting "Import..." from the "File" menu; on the first page of the wizard, select "Team Project Set" (under the "Team" category).
On the next page of the wizard, enter the path to the downloaded file and click "Finish".
If you are prompted for a user id and password, enter "anonymous" for the user id and leave the password field blank.
Updated April 27, 2007
