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Need advises for multiple RCA sharing plugins [message #443244]

Wed, 25 January 2006 11:32

Arnaud

Messages: 60
Registered: July 2009

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Hi !

I am developping a suite of multiple Rich Client Applications that build
on common plugins. I need advises on how to organize the files
physically on the system.

I thought to this model of RCA installation found in EclipseCon2005
docs, but how can I adapt it to many applications ? :
hyperbola/
|
| hyperbola.exe
| hyperbola.ini
|
| configuration/
| config.ini
|
| hyperbola-content/
| eclipse/
| plugins/
| <hyperbola plug-ins>
|
| eclipse/
| links/
| hyperbola.link
|
| plugins/
| <plug-ins from the RCP base>

I mean, I should have a root folder lile the hyperbola, one with common
plugins (RCP and my own ones), but without the .exe and .ini files nor
the hyperbola-content/ directory which should be placed in another root
location where I could put application1.exe + application1-content/,
application2.exe + application2-content, and so on.

What I did not exactly understood on the previous model was the
hyperbola.link : what does it points to exactly ?

TIA for advises,

--
Arnaud

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Re: Need advises for multiple RCA sharing plugins [message #443246 is a reply to message #443244]

Wed, 25 January 2006 11:56

Arnaud

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Re: Need advises for multiple RCA sharing plugins [message #444097 is a reply to message #443246]

Thu, 09 February 2006 15:20

Chad Moats

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Registered: July 2009

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Re: Need advises for multiple RCA sharing plugins [message #444173 is a reply to message #444097]

Fri, 10 February 2006 11:06

Alex Blewitt

Messages: 946
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

This can be done in the form of application extensions, which is another thing you might like to consider. Each product can have its own product area, and can be associated with a base product extension (or the other way around). You'll need to have a separate configuration area for each one; you can either set that up by having multiple executables or by having different shortcuts that pass different -configuration flags to the launcher that will override the .ini file.

I'm not clear as to the purpose of the application1 and application2 linking to each other (possibly becuase I can't see the nested formatting).

There's nothing to stop one base Eclipse instance being used to have one (or more) features installed, and each feature could be its own app. Then the only difference between startup is what's specified in the -application argument.

Alex.

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