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Create product with resources [message #1116045]

Tue, 24 September 2013 23:17

Martin Bayer

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Registered: December 2012

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Hi all,
I'd like to ask someone for help with following situation:
I need to export eclipse product with the external resources folder which contains the files I need to run my program (and I need the ability to change them easily). Is there any way how to create this folder in root (beside exported .exe file) and fill it with the correct files?
It would be also nice if it was work without changes in the same way in Eclipse IDE and via exported *.exe file.
Thank you very much,

Martin

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Re: Create product with resources [message #1116253 is a reply to message #1116045]

Wed, 25 September 2013 06:45

Dirk Fauth

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Registered: July 2012

Senior Member

IMHO you need an automated build using Ant or Maven Tycho. Using this you are able to perform operations that add external folders to your finished product. Using the Eclipse product export wizard won't give you that ability. At least I am not aware of that.

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Re: Create product with resources [message #1116283 is a reply to message #1116253]

Wed, 25 September 2013 07:31

Martin Bayer

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Registered: December 2012

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Oh, ok,
Thank you very much. So can I have one more question?
When I want to get the path to the folder created by maven, is it correct way to use it as follows:
FileLocator.resolve("platform:/plugin/name.of.my.plugin")...and then traverse to the folder outside the plugin?

Thank you once again:)

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Re: Create product with resources [message #1116284 is a reply to message #1116045]

Wed, 25 September 2013 07:32

Thomas Schindl

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Registered: July 2009

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You know that you can export bundles in an exploded state? This would
endup in the plugins-folder then. Would that be acceptable? Advantage of
this would be that you can even update those "external files" using p2.

Tom

On 25.09.13 01:17, Martin Bayer wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'd like to ask someone for help with following situation:
> I need to export eclipse product with the external resources folder
> which contains the files I need to run my program (and I need the
> ability to change them easily). Is there any way how to create this
> folder in root (beside exported .exe file) and fill it with the correct
> files?
> It would be also nice if it was work without changes in the same way in
> Eclipse IDE and via exported *.exe file.
> Thank you very much,
>
> Martin

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Re: Create product with resources [message #1116290 is a reply to message #1116283]

Wed, 25 September 2013 07:44

Dirk Fauth

Messages: 2775
Registered: July 2012

Senior Member

Counter question: What do you mean by "external location" or "folder outside the plugin"?

Is it completely outside your product? Then you need to specify the location as start parameter or something like that, that points to your file system. Otherwise how should your plugin be able to locate it?

Is it a folder that will reside in your product installation? Then you can make use of org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.
To get the product installation folder

Platform.getInstallLocation()

To get the workspace folder

Platform.getInstanceLocation()

Using the resulting Location you are able to create a File object by using

new File(location.getURL().getFile());

for example.

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Re: Create product with resources [message #1116294 is a reply to message #1116045]

Wed, 25 September 2013 07:46

Eclipse User

On 09/25/2013 01:17 AM, Martin Bayer wrote:
> I'd like to ask someone for help with following situation:
> I need to export eclipse product with the external resources folder
> which contains the files I need to run my program (and I need the
> ability to change them easily). Is there any way how to create this
> folder in root (beside exported .exe file) and fill it with the correct
> files?
> It would be also nice if it was work without changes in the same way in
> Eclipse IDE and via exported *.exe file.

Hi Martin,

have a look at rootfiles [1].

M.

[1]
http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.pde.doc.user%2Ftasks%2Fpde_rootfiles.htm

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Re: Create product with resources [message #1116701 is a reply to message #1116290]

Wed, 25 September 2013 19:06

Martin Bayer

Messages: 32
Registered: December 2012

Member

When I export the e4 product, the content is:

+configuration
+jre
+plugins
.eclipseproduct
MyProgram.exe

And I need following structure:

+configuration
+jre
+plugins
.eclipseproduct
MyProgram.exe
+resources

[Updated on: Wed, 25 September 2013 19:08]

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