| Some basic questions on Eclipse and VE [message #181497] |
Fri, 24 November 2006 06:30  |
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Originally posted by: mail.danielluedecke.de
Hello,
I'm new to Eclipse because I used to code in C++, with an very old
compiler (Power++, former known as Optima++). The old compiler I used
offered a RAD-System, Rapid Application Development, just like the
Borland-Builder. So you have a kind of "WYSIWYG" editor, click your
components (labels, buttons, textfields) on a form and then just handle
the events.
Now, since I want to start coding with Java for several reasons, I was
told that Eclpise is a good tool for doing that. But I'm missing this GUI
for creating windows with all these elements on it. If I read right, the
Visual Editor shall offer this possibility? But I installed it via the
online update function from Eclipse, but still I can't figure out how to
create forms (although I also watched the video tutorials on installation,
but there are simply no menu appearing).
My question is: How do I install the VE? And: can I use it for creating
forms in the way e.g. the Borland Builder or Power++ do?
Thanks in advance for your answer
Best
Daniel
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| Re: Some basic questions on Eclipse and VE [message #181539 is a reply to message #181505] |
Fri, 24 November 2006 10:56  |
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Originally posted by: mail.danielluedecke.de
Hi Remy,
"So do you mean that you do not see of the menus or menu items that the
video tutorial seemed to be clicking on?"
- Yes, that's exactly the problem.
"If you go Help -> About Eclipse SDK -> Plug-in Details or Feature
Details, do you see Visual Editor anywhere?"
- Well, I have seen the component in the update wizard and I saw the
progress of installing. But I will look at the menus you mentioned
"Did you try rebooting Eclipse with the '-clean' argument appended?"
- No, because I still do not have a good overview over the IDE itself, and
even less over all command line options. But I will try.
Now I also know how to describe what I like to have: A kind of pendant to
the Matisse project of netbeans.org. That's the kind og GUI builder I am
looking for for the Eclipse tool.
Regards
Daniel
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