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| Re: Product [message #44034 is a reply to message #42298] |
Mon, 28 June 2004 19:51  |
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Originally posted by: jeff_mcaffer.REMOVE.ca.ibm.com
There is a good section in the Developers doc on packaging products that
should clarify things for you.
Jeff
"Sermet Yucel" <sermety@certusoft.com> wrote in message
news:c7r00b$2nc$1@eclipse.org...
> I have been experimenting with the Product concept. I am not sure I fully
> understand how this is supposed to work. I appreciate any clarification.
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> 1- I created a product MyProduct that implements IProduct.
> 2- I implemented its methods.
> 3- I added an extension to products extension point in the plugin.xml
> 4- I launch eclipse with -Declipse.product=MyProduct
> 5- I created MyProductApplication
> 6- I created MyproductPerspective
> 7- I created MyFeature
> 8- I Created MyPlugin
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> Is it true that:
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> 1- All application branding data (Except splash screen) comes from the
> MyProduct class. This includes the Application name and icon at the top of
> the screen. I do not need MyFeature to make this work. I can get rid of
> MyFeature. I have seen contradicting postings. One recent posting said
> Product id should be the Primary Feature id. In M8, you get a warning if
> you assign a product id in plugin.xml, says no such property is found.
> Another posting said Product is the whole story now, Feature is the old
> way.
> 2- My application should launch with the MyProductPerspective as default
> perpective.
> 3- MyProduct does not specify the default application. I need to specify
> this with -Declipse.application. Why there is a method that returns the
> application in IProduct?
> 4- Declipse.product binds MyProduct to the launched instance of eclipse.
> 5- Declipse.product argument is working in the releases of May/2004
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