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Regarding updating of my RCP about text [message #464029]

Thu, 22 February 2007 10:07

Eclipse User

Hi All,

I have created one RCP application ..

I have written some text in the AboutText of the RCP

Can I update the AboutText of the RCP from being away from the development
environment....

I had tried to modify the about text in the Plugin.xml and the abouttext
in the .product file...

But it is not working....

Can you plz suggest me a way to update the AboutText

Re: Regarding updating of my RCP about text [message #464049 is a reply to message #464029]

Thu, 22 February 2007 16:36

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: lamont_gilbert.rigidsoftware.com

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:07:58 +0000, zakir wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have created one RCP application ..
>
> I have written some text in the AboutText of the RCP
>
> Can I update the AboutText of the RCP from being away from the development
> environment....
>
> I had tried to modify the about text in the Plugin.xml and the abouttext
> in the .product file...
>
> But it is not working....
>
> Can you plz suggest me a way to update the AboutText

try modifying that in the product file through the UI. Ultimately I think
this causes it to be written to the plugins xml file. Its somewhat tricky
and unclear how it works and I experienced the same problem. But its
working now and I only update the project file. try not touching the
plugin file and just the project file. maybe open adn close the projects
a few times..

Re: Regarding updating of my RCP about text [message #464052 is a reply to message #464049]

Fri, 23 February 2007 01:02

Eclipse User

If i modify the product file from UI ....

I need to extract all the plugins again... but i dont want to extract the
exe of plugins just for a small modification...

So is there any way to modify the about text just by modifying any file in
the extracted ....plugins ..

Re: Regarding updating of my RCP about text [message #464090 is a reply to message #464052]

Fri, 23 February 2007 15:18

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: lamont_gilbert.rigidsoftware.com

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:02:38 +0000, zakir wrote:

> If i modify the product file from UI ....
>
> I need to extract all the plugins again... but i dont want to extract the
> exe of plugins just for a small modification...
>
> So is there any way to modify the about text just by modifying any file in
> the extracted ....plugins ..

The about text should be in the plugin.xml file of the plugin that
declares the product inside its plugin.xml file.
<product application = "xxx" descrption="xxx" name="xxx">
<property name="aboutText" value="the about text"/>
</product>

Of course this is a headache because it uses special characters for
newlines and it will be hard to enter it yourself. Maybe you should make
a dummy project to get this generated, then copy paste it in.

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