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Running Minimal Standalone [message #623984] Thu, 25 March 2010 23:31 Go to next message
Ole Ersoy is currently offline Ole ErsoyFriend
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Hi,

I followed the instructions for running a minimal infocenter standalone.

Platform Plug-in Developer Guide > Programmer's Guide > User assistance support > Help > Configuration/setup > [Optional] Installing a minimal stand-alone help system

When I try to start the infocenter using the minimal plugins directory, I get the following exception:

java.lang.Exception: Plugins directory /home/ole/Documents/help/eclipse/plugins does not contain a valid startup jar. Pass a correct -eclipsehome option
at org.eclipse.help.internal.standalone.Eclipse.getStartupJar(E clipse.java:182)
at org.eclipse.help.internal.standalone.Eclipse.prepareJavaComm and(Eclipse.java:76)
at org.eclipse.help.internal.standalone.Eclipse.prepareCommand( Eclipse.java:48)
at org.eclipse.help.internal.standalone.Eclipse.run(Eclipse.jav a:87)

Is it possible to point the infocenter at a plugins directory that is different from the plugins directory contained in the eclipse folder? Something like -helpPluginDirectory /home/ole/help/onlyHelpPlugins

TIA,
- Ole
Re: Running Minimal Standalone [message #623997 is a reply to message #623984] Mon, 29 March 2010 19:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Chris Goldthorpe is currently offline Chris GoldthorpeFriend
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Standalone help uses the eclipse launcher and needs to know where to find that. You can specify the location using the eclipsehome parameter. Below is the documentation for this parameter

-eclipsehome eclipseInstallPath - specifies Eclipse installation directory. This directory is a parent to "plugins" directory and eclipse executable. The option must be provided, when current directory from which infocenter is launched, is not the same as Eclipse installation directory.
Re: Running Minimal Standalone [message #624139 is a reply to message #623984] Mon, 24 May 2010 10:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Richard Pineger is currently offline Richard PinegerFriend
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Hi, this is slightly related.

I need to run a minimal standalone without the need for start and stop scripts. In other words, I want users to be able to click the cross in the top-right of the browser and for it to close cleanly, including all processes, as if the stop script had been invoked. Does anyone have a suggestion for how to achieve this?

Richard
Re: Running Minimal Standalone [message #624141 is a reply to message #624139] Mon, 24 May 2010 14:19 Go to previous message
Ole Ersoy is currently offline Ole ErsoyFriend
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Hi,

The help system is packaged as a WAR file now:

http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse .platform.doc.isv/guide/ua_help_war.htm

So you could deploy as described, and then just add the capabilities for starting and stopping. For an example see the Tomcat Manager Web App. It can start and stop deployed web apps per the manager page by clicking on start/stop links.

HTH,
- Ole
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