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Open SWTBot test Recorder with custom RCP application [message #1734430]

Wed, 08 June 2016 07:03

Eclipse User

Hi,
I'm trying to setup a custom RCP application to have the SWTBot test Recorder window opened at the application start as shown in this video, the problem is that even if I put the

-Dorg.eclipse.swtbot.generator.enable=true

property in the VM arguments of the debug configuration, the window of the test recorder is not opened at the application startup.

I've tried putting all the jars related to the swtbot plugin inside my target platform, but it doesn't change the situation and at the startup I don't get any SWTBot test Recorder window.

Even trying installing it with this command line(as described in this tutorial) :

java -jar plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.20120516.jar -application  org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -repository http://download.eclipse.org/technology/swtbot/releases/latest/ -installIU org.eclipse.swtbot.generator

doesn't work and produce this exception :

java.lang.RuntimeException: Application "org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director" could not be found in the registry.

As already said previously I'm developing against a custom target platform. Is it possible to add the plugin inside the Plug-ins section of the debug configuration ? I can only select plugins from the workspace and from the target platform.

Trying to add the update site of the SWTBot inside the target platform gives me an error trying to resolve dependencies and I can't continue in the process .

Does anyone has an idea on how to add the SWTBot plugin to this custom RCP app ?

Thanks.

Re: Open SWTBot test Recorder with custom RCP application [message #1735031 is a reply to message #1734430]

Tue, 14 June 2016 15:29

Eclipse User

Hi Alessio,

I tried it and got this working with a RCP application.

1) Added "-Dorg.eclipse.swtbot.generator.enable=true" to VM arguments in Run Configuration

2) Added the SWTBot Test Recorder & Code Generator feature to my target platform:

<location includeAllPlatforms="false" includeConfigurePhase="false" includeMode="planner" includeSource="true" type="InstallableUnit">
<unit id="org.eclipse.swtbot.generator.feature.feature.group" version="0.0.0"/>
<repository location="http://download.eclipse.org/technology/swtbot/snapshots"/>
</location>

3) Added these 4 plug-ins to the Run Configuration :

org.eclipse.swtbot.generator
org.eclipse.swtbot.generator.jdt
org.eclipse.swtbot.generator.rules.workbench
org.eclipse.swtbot.generator.ui

4) Clicked "Add Required Plug-ins" in Run Configuration
Check with "Validate Plug-ins". If any required plug-ins are missing, maybe something else needs to be added to your target platform.

When I launch my RCP, the recorder dialog is shown.

Patrick

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