| Handling multiple Projects in a RCP based Application / reusing existing eclipse components [message #726056] |
Fri, 16 September 2011 13:31 |
 Pete Crenshaw
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Registered: September 2011 |
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I have developed an application for construction project scheduling. Inside this application I have managed to integrate the standard properties view by reusing the org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.PropertySheet class and the progress view (org.eclipse.ui.ExtensionFactory:progressView) via the plugin.xml. But it was like an accident that I found that. Where can I find a list of all this pretty and helpful components that I'm used to from the eclipse IDE? I would like to reuse more of them.
To point out my needs I will asks two combined questions.
1) Because I'm a newbie to RCP development my application can handle only one construction project at a time. I handle this in form of a static variable called "project". First of all I would like to know how to reuse the standard Navigator from eclipse. From my point of view I must setup a workspace and different construction projects. The workspace must be passed to the navigator so that all projects and all related files can be displayed. I need a tutorial for the following topics:
1a) What is the most common way to handle my construction projects?
1b) How do I setup and handle my workspace?
1c) How do I use the navigator for my purpose?
2) If I somehow manage my problems of question one I will be interested how to react on a double-click on a file in the navigator? I have different file formats to handle. Actually I use some buttons and menus to open a File Dialog and open some files. As example: I read an ifc-file, create my own POJOs and display them inside my own views and perspectives. But I have some simply requirements that I can't handle:
2a) Double-click on a text-file inside the navigator, open it with the standard text-editor with spell-checking, save it and close it. How do I get the standard text-editor?
2b) Double click on an XML-file inside the navigator, open it with the XML-editor with nice design and source tabs, edit it with e.g. XSD-based code completion, save it and close it. How do I get the standard XML-editor?
Because these two questions require some more complex answers I would be thankful for any links, examples, tutorials or book proposals. I already heard of some buzzwords like common navigator framework or the interfaces iWorkspace and iProject but I need a tutorial and some examples which I have not yet found.
If you have read this post until here I will thank you for your interest and patience and I will appreciate your help.
Pete
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