Re: [cdt-dev] a way to change managed build system valueType-to-widget m

[Chris Recoskie <recoskie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I can confirm this. It is something we have talked about in the past but so far no one has done it yet. I would suggest making an enhancement request in Bugzilla.

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Dale,

I'm not a CDT developer, just somebody who has implemented a C/C++ 
toolchain and been trying to do what you want.

Unfortunately, AFAIK, the answer to all of your questions is no...

Dale Parson wrote:
> Hi, a newbie here with perhaps a newbie question.
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> Given the Managed Build System (MBS) option valueTypes of
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> valueType                 (string|stringList|boolean|enumerated|includePath|definedSymbols|libs|userObjs|symbolFiles|includeFiles|libPaths|libFiles|undefIncludePath|undefDefinedSymbols|undefLibPaths|undefLibFiles|undefIncludeFiles|undefSymbolFiles)
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> Is there any way for a toolchain developer integrating a C/C++ toolchain 
> into MBS to alter the hard coded UI widget mappings associated with the 
> above, for example the stringList -> FileListControlFieldEditor, or even 
> better, to add a new type and widget mapping to the valueType cases above?
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>  From what I have seen exploring CDT 4.0 source, the answer is “no.” Is 
> there any way to customize UI aspects of a toolChain-tool’s options, 
> either within the toolchain plugin.xml or elsewhere, beyond ordering of 
> the options in plugin.xml?
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> Are there any plans to make the MBS extensible with respect to valueType 
> and its widget mappings?
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> Thanks.
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> Dale Parson, Sandbridge Technologies
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