Eclipse Community Forums: Rich Client Platform (RCP)

Help

Home

Home » Eclipse Projects » Rich Client Platform (RCP) » IFile in RCP application

Show: Today's Messages :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator

IFile in RCP application [message #453476]

Mon, 31 July 2006 14:48

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: nagel.trium.de

Hi all,

In my standalone RCP application I want to use an editor (XML Author,
extends TextEditor) and feed it with Strings. As it seems impossible to
pass anything else than IFile instances, I thought of creating a temporary
file, adding a IFile handle and passing the IFile to the editor.
It seems that IFiles can only exist in a Workspace. So my question is: How
can I add a workspace to my RCP application? (... in order to put
temporary IFiles into it that can be read in and changed by the editor.)

Thanks in advance,
Lars

Report message to a moderator

Re: IFile in RCP application [message #453477 is a reply to message #453476]

Mon, 31 July 2006 15:10

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: nagel.trium.de

As there is always a Workspace, the question is actually how to make a
dummy project so that I can put any files in it.

Lars

Report message to a moderator

Re: IFile in RCP application [message #453479 is a reply to message #453477]

Mon, 31 July 2006 15:21

Paul Webster

Messages: 6859
Registered: July 2009
Location: Ottawa

Senior Member

Lars Nagel wrote:
> As there is always a Workspace, the question is actually how to make a
> dummy project so that I can put any files in it.
>
> Lars
>

There is information on resources in the FAQ,
http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/The_Official_Eclipse_FAQs# Workspace_and_Resources_API

Later,
PW

Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions

Report message to a moderator

Re: IFile in RCP application [message #453486 is a reply to message #453476]

Mon, 31 July 2006 19:29

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: nohtml.gmx.de

Lars Nagel schrieb:

> As it seems impossible to
> pass anything else than IFile instances,

I dont know if TextEditor is different from other editors, but
you can always pass an object of IEditorInput to an editor.
See IWorkbenchPage.openEditor(IEditorInput, String)

A temporary file seems complicated ...

regards
Karl

Report message to a moderator

Re: IFile in RCP application [message #453561 is a reply to message #453476]

Wed, 02 August 2006 15:24

Dani Megert

Messages: 3802
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Lars Nagel wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> In my standalone RCP application I want to use an editor (XML Author,
> extends TextEditor) and feed it with Strings. As it seems impossible
> to pass anything else than IFile instances,

This is not true - the text editor can also operate on external files
(see File > Open File...). The bigger problem for your RCP app will be
that you drag in all the IDE stuff (menus, views, etc) when adding
org.eclipse.ui.editors.

Dani

> I thought of creating a temporary file, adding a IFile handle and
> passing the IFile to the editor.
> It seems that IFiles can only exist in a Workspace. So my question is:
> How can I add a workspace to my RCP application? (... in order to put
> temporary IFiles into it that can be read in and changed by the editor.)
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lars
>

Report message to a moderator

Previous Topic:	How to init an editor (via Memento) programatically?
Next Topic:	Java web start could not find framework error

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

]

Current Time: Tue Oct 15 16:43:38 GMT 2024

.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Breadcrumbs

Sign up to our Newsletter