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How do I add my feature to the Eclipse About dialog? [message #299217]

Mon, 13 February 2006 08:23

Yevgeni

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Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hello!

I have written my own plug-in and want to add to the lower part of the
"About Eclipse dialog" a graphical button that open "About Eclipse SDK
feature" dialog and describe my feature (like Subclipse).

Thank you,
Yevgeni

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Re: How do I add my feature to the Eclipse About dialog? [message #299219 is a reply to message #299217]

Mon, 13 February 2006 11:32

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: automatic.javalobby.org

You need to have a feature, for a start :-) The feature will contain your plugin that you've written.

You'll need a separate 'branding plugin', and definitions in the branding plugin that specify what icon to use. There's a good write up at:

http://eclipse.pookzilla.net/archive/2006_01_01_archive.php

Alex.

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Re: How do I add my feature to the Eclipse About dialog? [message #299238 is a reply to message #299219]

Mon, 13 February 2006 13:45

Yevgeni

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Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Alex Blewitt wrote:
> You need to have a feature, for a start :-) The feature will contain your plugin that you've written.
>
> You'll need a separate 'branding plugin', and definitions in the branding plugin that specify what icon to use. There's a good write up at:
>
> http://eclipse.pookzilla.net/archive/2006_01_01_archive.php
>
> Alex.
Alex,

I have created a plug-in and plug-in-feature, but I didn't see me
feature image button. Do I export my feature using the Eclipse Export
Wizard?

Yevgeni

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Re: How do I add my feature to the Eclipse About dialog? [message #299242 is a reply to message #299238]

Mon, 13 February 2006 14:02

Daniel KrÃ¼gler

Messages: 853
Registered: July 2009

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Yevgeni wrote:
> Alex Blewitt wrote:
>
>> You need to have a feature, for a start :-) The feature will contain
>> your plugin that you've written.
>>
>> You'll need a separate 'branding plugin', and definitions in the
>> branding plugin that specify what icon to use. There's a good write up
>> at:
>> http://eclipse.pookzilla.net/archive/2006_01_01_archive.php
>>
>> Alex.
>
> Alex,
>
> I have created a plug-in and plug-in-feature, but I didn't see me
> feature image button. Do I export my feature using the Eclipse Export
> Wizard?

If you have the standard workspace, you will not see the feature button
until you have the exported product.

I've heard that you could enforce this button during normal development
time, if you have prepared the workspace for a feature-based startup
(Its activation occurs by selecting the 2nd radio button of the plug-in
tab of the run configuration), but my first attempts trying that
approach failed (I have to confess, that I only tryied it once and shortly).

HTH,

Daniel Krügler

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Re: How do I add my feature to the Eclipse About dialog? [message #299244 is a reply to message #299238]

Mon, 13 February 2006 14:10

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse.bettsockentraeger.de

Be sure to erase all configuration data from your workbench runtime
since there seems to be some caching issues involved with the feature
stuff.

Yevgeni wrote:
> Alex Blewitt wrote:
>> You need to have a feature, for a start :-) The feature will contain
>> your plugin that you've written.
>>
>> You'll need a separate 'branding plugin', and definitions in the
>> branding plugin that specify what icon to use. There's a good write up
>> at:
>> http://eclipse.pookzilla.net/archive/2006_01_01_archive.php
>>
>> Alex.
> Alex,
>
> I have created a plug-in and plug-in-feature, but I didn't see me
> feature image button. Do I export my feature using the Eclipse Export
> Wizard?
>
> Yevgeni

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Re: How do I add my feature to the Eclipse About dialog? [message #299248 is a reply to message #299242]

Mon, 13 February 2006 14:54

Yevgeni

Messages: 18
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

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Daniel Kr

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Re: How do I add my feature to the Eclipse About dialog? [message #299250 is a reply to message #299242]

Mon, 13 February 2006 14:55

Yevgeni

Messages: 18
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

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Daniel Kr

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Re: How do I add my feature to the Eclipse About dialog? [message #299262 is a reply to message #299248]

Mon, 13 February 2006 17:22

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: automatic.javalobby.org

The about.ini and xyz.gif need to be in the branding plugin, com.example.xyz and not in the feature com.example.xyz-feature.

Alex.

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Re: How do I add my feature to the Eclipse About dialog? [message #299307 is a reply to message #299262]

Tue, 14 February 2006 12:36

Yevgeni

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Registered: July 2009

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Alex Blewitt wrote:
> The about.ini and xyz.gif need to be in the branding plugin, com.example.xyz and not in the feature com.example.xyz-feature.
>
> Alex.
Now It works fine!
Thank you
Yevgeni

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