Eclipse Community Forums: Eclipse Platform » How to present files to a user in a plug-in

Home » Eclipse Projects » Eclipse Platform » How to present files to a user in a plug-in

How to present files to a user in a plug-in [message #334665]

Mon, 23 February 2009 17:53

Eclipse User

I've written a plug-in and added a directory that has several xml files
in it. Can I use FileDialog to present a list to the user to access the
files in the plug-in? If so, how do I go about coding it?
Ray

Re: How to present files to a user in a plug-in [message #334668 is a reply to message #334665]

Tue, 24 February 2009 01:46

Eclipse User

If you package your plugin as a jar, FileDialog won't help. Otherwise you
can get the installed location of a plugin and use the FileDialog. My
suggestion would be not to use the FileDialog and use a custom selection
dialog, which displays the list of file names and upon selection, try to use
FileLocator.find()

- Prakash

--

http://blog.eclipse-tips.com
"Ray Hurst" <rhurst2@cox.net> wrote in message
news:gnv9do$q80$1@build.eclipse.org...
> I've written a plug-in and added a directory that has several xml files in
> it. Can I use FileDialog to present a list to the user to access the files
> in the plug-in? If so, how do I go about coding it?
> Ray

Re: How to present files to a user in a plug-in [message #334688 is a reply to message #334665]

Tue, 24 February 2009 16:47

Eclipse User

Maybe it would be better to re-phrase my question.

I have several xml files that I need to have for my program. Also, users
can create new xml files to add to there collection.

How should I package these files?

Ray

Previous Topic:	JFace Dialog...carriage return in Text widget...Button event sent from Display.readAndDispatch() on
Next Topic:	Ganymede deadlock after download "content.jar"

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

Current Time: Thu Jul 17 23:39:42 EDT 2025

.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Breadcrumbs

Sign up to our Newsletter