| how to run an external tool in a view? [message #798728] |
Tue, 14 February 2012 21:12  |
Eclipse User |
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Hi everyone,
I am trying to write a plugin to eclipse, which basically needs to run an external exe program in a tab in eclipse. as I see, tabs in eclipse are called views. I am able to create my own view, and I am able to create a builder for my external tool as well, when I run it, the external tool fires up, but in its own window, and my view shows up correctly.
What I am trying to do right now is, trying to embed the external tool to run inside of my plug-in's view(tab). Is this possible at all?
I appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Murat.
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| Re: how to run an external tool in a view? [message #803053 is a reply to message #798916] |
Mon, 20 February 2012 16:40  |
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Thank you for your reply.
I tried to do it with SWT. But, I was able to embed a few tools inside eclipse such as MS word, excel and Visio, but all of them were MS propitiatory products. When I tried with Enterprise Architect, which is the tool that I am trying to embed, I got the error : Class ID not found in registry result = -2147221018 . Does anyone know how to solve this, I tried many things but at the end I have been told that I cannot extend this feature if it is not supported by the developers of that tool.
Is there any other way to embed an application inside eclipse using any other technique? I know that the tool that I want to use supports COM and Activex. But, I was not able to convert COM Activex to SWT OLE Activex. I think that is not possible either.
I greatly appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Murat.
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