[cdt-debug-dev] DebugUITools.launchInBackground launches in foreground (

["Andrew Ferguson" <Andrew.Ferguson@xxxxxxx>]

hi,

 

 I'm investigating why under some circumstances DebugUITools.launchInBackground produces the same behaviour as launching in the foreground. I've found that if you invoke

 

    DebugUITools.saveAndBuild();

 

and shortly afterward

 

    DebugUITools.launch(ILaunchConfiguration config, String mode);

 

and the ILaunchConfiguration instance has the appropriate attribute set to instruct the framework to launch in background then DebugUITools.launchInBackground is invoked.

 

However, because saveAndBuild() may have initiated a build job that has not completed, launchInBackground contains code to open a dialog (in the foreground) while the build completes. The dialog is attached to an

eclipse Job which not only builds, but also launches. This means that the launch occurs in the foreground.

 

To me, it would make more sense if the dialog closed after the build completed and allowed the launch to occur in the background. Or maybe both the build and launch should occur in the background even though the build is blocking the launch?

 

thanks,

Andrew

ps. this was found as a scenario under which the fix I have for

    https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=124519
is overridden and launching still occurs in the foreground

 

 

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