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Using update manager to update plugins in commercial applications [message #460150]

Fri, 15 December 2006 05:27

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: vishal.zadoo.ottogroup.com

Hi,
We are building a commercial application using eclipse rcp and need a way to update the plugins. I read about the Update Manager, but it seems u need to manually run it from a menu option provided in the eclipse IDE. However the user shall not have the eclipse IDE installed on his desktop. He shall only have the product that we deliver. How do I enable an update manager in that case?

Also i would like a facility to automatically detect updates and install them . Is that possible?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Vishal

Re: Using update manager to update plugins in commercial applications [message #460154 is a reply to message #460150]

Fri, 15 December 2006 07:58

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: tom.seidel.spiritlink.de

veezee schrieb:
> Hi,
> We are building a commercial application using eclipse rcp and need a way to update the plugins. I read about the Update Manager, but it seems u need to manually run it from a menu option provided in the eclipse IDE. However the user shall not have the eclipse IDE installed on his desktop. He shall only have the product that we deliver. How do I enable an update manager in that case?
>
> Also i would like a facility to automatically detect updates and install them . Is that possible?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
> Vishal
The Update-Manager has nothing to do with the Eclipse IDE. You have to
set dependencies to org.eclipse.update.*. Provide in your product a
button, menu or something else, where the update-manager is called. It
searches for updates to installed features on update-sites you have
assigned in the feature.

>automatically detect updates
In your IDE-Preferences you have the preference page
Install/Update-->Automatic Update. Theses preferences will be aviable if
you integrate the update-manager in your product.
--
Cheerz,
Tom

Re: Using update manager to update plugins in commercial applications [message #460218 is a reply to message #460154]

Mon, 18 December 2006 04:32

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: vishal.zadoo.ottogroup.com

Hi Tom,
Thanks for the valuable info. One doubt however. After including dependencies as org.eclipse.update.*, u said that I shud call teh update-manager on click of some button. How do i do that? is there any api or sumthin available for that?

Thanks for the help .
Vishal

Re: Using update manager to update plugins in commercial applications [message #460220 is a reply to message #460218]

Mon, 18 December 2006 05:02

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: tom.seidel.spiritlink.de

veezee schrieb:
> Hi Tom,
> Thanks for the valuable info. One doubt however. After including dependencies as org.eclipse.update.*, u said that I shud call teh update-manager on click of some button. How do i do that? is there any api or sumthin available for that?
>
> Thanks for the help .
> Vishal

see org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.update.InstallWizardAction

--
Cheerz,
Tom

Re: Using update manager to update plugins in commercial applications [message #460230 is a reply to message #460154]

Mon, 18 December 2006 07:23

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: vishal.zadoo.ottogroup.com

thanks a lot Tom.
it works now. I did not add the dependency earlier, but was adding the update plugins as the required plugins only.

works now!!!
:)

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