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Change default browser [message #1845034]

Mon, 04 October 2021 08:19

Voinica Alex

Messages: 2
Registered: September 2021

Junior Member

Hello,

I am a Teamcenter administrator and currently we are using Teamcenter version 11.5 which is based on Eclipse 3.8.

One of the topics I am currently involved is chaging the default browser Teamcenter is using (Internet Explorer) to Edge or Chrome.

After contacting Teamcenter support, they pointed out that this is handled by Eclipse and not something custom by Siemens.

They've told me that I should just add the VM argument
"-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser" with a correct browser version and it will work, but they did not know to tell me which version of Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome is compatible with Eclipse 3.8.

Can someone help me with further info on this topic?
I have added as a screenshot the message I got from Teamcenter support.

Thank you and best regards,
Alex

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Re: Change default browser [message #1845039 is a reply to message #1845034]

Mon, 04 October 2021 11:25

Ed Merks

Messages: 32066
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

As far as I know, only values "edge" and "ie" are supported on Windows. You can find more details here:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=538991

Ed Merks
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Re: Change default browser [message #1845064 is a reply to message #1845039]

Tue, 05 October 2021 10:59

Voinica Alex

Messages: 2
Registered: September 2021

Junior Member

Hi Ed,

Thank you for the message.
From what I can see in the link you provided, the fix there is for Eclipse 4.19.
I tried adding -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=edge and -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=ie but nothing changed.

Based on the feedback I got from Teamcenter support concerning compatibilities I am starting to think that without some customization it is not possible to adapt chromium based browsers like Edge or Chrome for Eclipse 3.8.

I will continue searching for a solution.

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