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How to launch an executable in a Plugin [message #184759]

Sun, 17 December 2006 11:04

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jonathan.orditz.selectron.ch

Hello,

I am writing a plugin for a tool I have written in C in the CDT
(myTool.exe).
The plugin has to work as following:
- Select a project and a configuration file in this project.
- Launch the executable on the selected project with a button in the menu
bar.
- See the output data of my executable in a View.

I encounter problems to launch my executable:
When I use "Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime.exec(Command for
myTool.exe)" the process is blocking the whole Eclipse framework.

Do someone have an example plugin demonstrating how it is possible to
launch an executable with a click on a button in the menu bar ?

Many thanks in advance,

Jonathan

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Re: How to launch an executable in a Plugin [message #185091 is a reply to message #184759]

Wed, 20 December 2006 11:00

Guenther Koegel

Messages: 56
Registered: July 2009

Member

Dear Jonathan,

have a look at the Job API of Eclipse...

Basically you take two steps:

1) create a Job in your plug-in and schedule it
2) in your job you create your process
and optionally check for cancellation of your job
and destroy your process

Bye,

Günther

Jonathan schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I am writing a plugin for a tool I have written in C in the CDT
> (myTool.exe).
> The plugin has to work as following:
> - Select a project and a configuration file in this project.
> - Launch the executable on the selected project with a button in the
> menu bar.
> - See the output data of my executable in a View.
>
> I encounter problems to launch my executable:
> When I use "Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime.exec(Command for
> myTool.exe)" the process is blocking the whole Eclipse framework.
>
> Do someone have an example plugin demonstrating how it is possible to
> launch an executable with a click on a button in the menu bar ?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Jonathan
>

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