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Import a Custom Project [message #1815674] Tue, 08 October 2019 05:24 Go to next message
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Hello,

I have a plugin that creates a project. I am using class which implements INewWizard, IExecutableExtension. This way, I can create a wizard(I have another class which provides the files and the logic behind it).

Now, I am working on importing a project. I managed to get the wizard to appear on the import page, but I am not sure how to configure the logic behind to look through the workspace and select a project.

Is there a way of doing this?

Thank you!
Re: Import a Custom Project [message #1815679 is a reply to message #1815674] Tue, 08 October 2019 06:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hello,

Quote:
I am not sure how to configure the logic behind to look through the workspace and select a project

Not sure to understand why you want to do that: importing a project within the workspace means that the project already exists somewhere outside of the workspace, right?

I have never wrote a custom Import wizard because the Import Existing Projects into Workspace wizard has always fulfilled my needs but I think you'll need two things:

  1. a dialog allowing the user to select the project to import (such as DirectoryDialog [1])
  2. a code that imports this project when the user validates. See for instance this answer on StackOverflow [2].

The latter assumes that the project to import is already an Eclipse project (it has a .project file at its root). If that's not the case you'll have to create a new project as you did in your NewProject wizard.

[1] https://help.eclipse.org/2019-09/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fapi%2Forg%2Feclipse%2Fswt%2Fwidgets%2FDirectoryDialog.html
[2] https://stackoverflow.com/a/12430228
Re: Import a Custom Project [message #1815689 is a reply to message #1815679] Tue, 08 October 2019 09:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Isn't there already a DirectoryDialog? For creating a wizard there is WizardNewProjectCreationPage. I assume there must be one for importing a project as well
Re: Import a Custom Project [message #1815692 is a reply to message #1815689] Tue, 08 October 2019 09:50 Go to previous message
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Quote:
Isn't there already a DirectoryDialog?

The class indeed exists; I linked it in my previous post.

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For creating a wizard there is WizardNewProjectCreationPage. I assume there must be one for importing a project as well

If you want to reuse the page I think that you're looking for WizardExternalProjectImportPage [1].

If you want the whole wizard you should rather check ExternalProjectImportWizard [2]

[1] https://help.eclipse.org/2019-09/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fapi%2Forg%2Feclipse%2Fui%2Fwizards%2Fdatatransfer%2FWizardExternalProjectImportPage.html
[2] https://help.eclipse.org/2019-09/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fapi%2Forg%2Feclipse%2Fui%2Fwizards%2Fdatatransfer%2FExternalProjectImportWizard.html
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