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Fri, 01 December 2006 23:11

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jelgolfnut.XXXXXXgmail.com

I've just started using RCP and I'm using the ERCP book by McAffer et al.
I'm I missing something? The instructions for adding a view seem very
easy, but I seem to have problems getting the view to show. I gave up on
the example in the book and created an app from the rcp with a view
template. That seemed to work ok, but when I try to add another view that
was created by the wizard, I can't get it to display. I did the
layout.addView in the Perspective, but I feel like I'm just poking around
hoping to get lucky. Are there any tips/tricks for working with views
that someone can pass along? Are my experiences normal? It's hard to get
excited about a product that doesn't work as advertized....Suggestions?

Re: New user of RCP [message #459485 is a reply to message #459484]

Sat, 02 December 2006 00:02

Eclipse User

Hi Jim,

Did you list your view under org.eclipse.ui.views in your MANIFEST.MF?

Does your view appear when you run your product in the IDE?

Are you using the same ID in MANIFEST.MF and in your perspective?

Does the plugin project that has the perspective declare a dependency on
the plugin that contains your view?

Charlie

Jim Largent wrote:
> I've just started using RCP and I'm using the ERCP book by McAffer et
> al. I'm I missing something? The instructions for adding a view seem
> very easy, but I seem to have problems getting the view to show. I gave
> up on the example in the book and created an app from the rcp with a
> view template. That seemed to work ok, but when I try to add another
> view that was created by the wizard, I can't get it to display. I did
> the layout.addView in the Perspective, but I feel like I'm just poking
> around hoping to get lucky. Are there any tips/tricks for working with
> views that someone can pass along? Are my experiences normal? It's
> hard to get excited about a product that doesn't work as
> advertized....Suggestions?
>

Re: New user of RCP [message #459495 is a reply to message #459485]

Sat, 02 December 2006 14:11

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jelgolfnut.gmail.com

Thanks....I check the EXTENSIONS tab and the id was different from the ID
defined in the view. You said the MANIFEST.MF, but that didn't have any
ids in it. Suddenly, it seems things are working better, I'm able to
actually see my view and add additional views....appreciate your help.

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