[cdt-core-dev] the elusive progress monitor

[David Spakes <spakes@xxxxxxxx>]

Alain,

Your pointers have been wonderful, thank you!

As it turns out, since I was creating the proejct with createCProject(),
it already had a C nature, so I didn't need to call addCNature().

I spent most of the day today banging my head on my desk trying to figure
out how to change the buildArguments for the Make nature.  Finally, I
found the right APIs and the right order in which to call them!

The only major omission in my plug-in at this phase is a progress monitor.
I've tried several different approaches through the day to try to get a
progress bar to come up on my screen with no success.  Here's what my
plug-in looks like at the moment.  Compiles fine, but does not display a
progress bar.  Do you (or anyone on this list willing to help) have a clue
as to why?


public class CreateProject implements IWorkbenchWindowActionDelegate {
        private IWorkbenchWindow window;
        public ProgressMonitorPart monitor;
 
        public CreateProject() {
        }

        public void run(IAction action) {
           ...
           monitor = new ProgressMonitorPart(window.getShell(), null);
           monitor.beginTask("Creating " + projectName +
                             " project", TOTAL_WORK);
           ...
           monitor.worked(2);  // 2% done
           ...
           monitor.done();
       }

       ...
}
 

I've searched the manuals a lot today, and most every place where it talks
about a progress monitor, the required first parameter is Composite parent.
I'm passing in window.getShell() because it's all I have to work with...


(from org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv_3.0.1_doc/reference/api/org/eclipse/-
swt/widgets/Shell.html...)

              |
              +--org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite
                  |
                  +--org.clipse.swt.widgets.Canvas
                      |
                      +--org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations
                          |
                          +--org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell


...but I'm guessing that's where the problem is.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

David Spakes




On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Alain Magloire wrote:

> You were on the right track.  You need to add the Standard Make Nature
> to your project, something like:
> 
> 	IProgressMonitor monitor = ...;
> 	String projectName = ...;
> 
> 	// get a project handle.
> 	IProject myProject = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().getRoot().getProject(projectName);
> 
> 	// Add the C Nature or the C++ Nature with CCProjectNature
> 	CProjectNature.addCNature(myProject, monitor);
> 
> 	// Add the Standard Make builder Nature
> 	// this will configure the builders etc ...
> 	MakeProjectNature.addNature(myProject, monitor);
> 
> 	// You may also want the autodiscovery scanner configurations.
> 	ScannerConfigNature.addScannerConfigNature(myProject);
> 
> Take a look at articles and documentation(on Eclipse) explaining the
> relation between nature vs Builder
> Also look at IProjectNature class.


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