Skip to main content
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [List Home]
[udig-devel] BRIT Charts and Integration ideas 
cedric@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Tahnks for your quick reply Jody.
Still investigating...


Cool; keep us in the loop.

My goal would be in integrate udig with BIRT charts in my own branded RCP
application.
Nice; how is your experience with BIRT charts going? I have been thinking of making an abstract ReportOp that has the task of creating an html report and opening up in the web browser editor. Are you thinking of using the BIRT chart controls live in a view? Or even more cool would be live on the Map using a MapGraphic... I should also point out that with Jesse's new ApplicationGIS utility method you should actually be able to integrate map and selection output into a normal BIRT report. 

Cheers,
Jody



That is great Cedric; this page really needs the feedback from someone
trying it in the wild.  Part of the reason it is hard to work on this
page is the subject of making an RCP application is covered so many
places on the web. We started that page because it is a road bump ever
developer hits  and a single page would be better then buying a book or
hunting down the information scattered across the web.

Additional comments inline.


Hi udigers,

I'm trying to follow the online documentation on building a custom
application based on udig features (SDK RC13). I've passed the distance
tool tutorial and created the feature including this plugin. I followed
this link :
http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/DEV/5+Custom+Application+Tutorial

and created a product based on my feature and udig features.


Cool; there is a slightly easier approach involving just marking off
plugins; but it is easier to maintain and
update your application when it is put together with features.



I've also tried to base my product on plugins and included ALL plugin from
SDK RC13 and my distance tool plugin.

The run gives me the same kind of output :

Exception in thread "Thread-3" java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.IntroAction.<init>(IntroAction.java:60)
	at org.eclipse.ui.actions.ActionFactory$11.create(ActionFactory.java:338)
	at
net.refractions.udig.internal.ui.UDIGActionBarAdvisor.fillHelpMenu(UDIGActionBarAdvisor.java:449)
	at
net.refractions.udig.internal.ui.UDIGActionBarAdvisor.fillMenuBar(UDIGActionBarAdvisor.java:165)
	at
org.eclipse.ui.application.ActionBarAdvisor.fillActionBars(ActionBarAdvisor.java:150)
	at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.fillActionBars(WorkbenchWindow.java:3301)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.<init>(WorkbenchWindow.java:380)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.newWorkbenchWindow(Workbench.java:1725)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$14(Workbench.java:1724)
	at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$18.runWithException(Workbench.java:1001)
	at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.StartupThreading$StartupRunnable.run(StartupThreading.java:31)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35)
	at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:123)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:3659)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3296)
	at
org.eclipse.ui.application.WorkbenchAdvisor.openWindows(WorkbenchAdvisor.java:801)
	at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$25.runWithException(Workbench.java:1342)
	at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.StartupThreading$StartupRunnable.run(StartupThreading.java:31)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35)
	at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:123)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:3659)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3296)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2309)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
	at
org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)
	at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
	at
net.refractions.udig.internal.ui.UDIGApplication.start(UDIGApplication.java:93)
	at
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:169)
	at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:106)
	at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:76)
	at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
	at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:508)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:447)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1173)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1148)

Tying to run my own custom application, I faced some problems related to
WorkBenchConfiguration and menuBuilders as following :

!ENTRY net.refractions.udig.ui 1 0 2007-12-03 14:57:08.125
!MESSAGE Info: Implementation of
net.refractions.udig.ui.WorkbenchConfiguration not specified. Defaulting
to uDig internal implementation.


I am trying to kill this WorkbenchConfiguration step; the extra
complexity saves you making your
own Application; trading real Java code you can see for some xml
configuration steps. Not a good
trade when we can get the same benefit with subclassing.

Exception in thread "Thread-3" java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.IntroAction.<init>(IntroAction.java:60)
	at
org.eclipse.ui.actions.ActionFactory$11.create(ActionFactory.java:338)
	at
net.refractions.udig.internal.ui.UDIGActionBarAdvisor.fillHelpMenu(UDIGActionBarAdvisor.java:449)
	at
net.refractions.udig.internal.ui.UDIGActionBarAdvisor.fillMenuBar(UDIGActionBarAdvisor.java:165)

Any hints on how to solve this problem ?


Thinking ...
UDIGActionBarAdvisor is a normal ActionBarAdvisor (a stratagy object
used to tell the workbench how to draw the menu and tool bars). It looks
like it had trouble creating one of the out of the box actions defined
by ActionFactory (usually for things like CUT, COPY, PASTE...). Since we
are
building the help menu it is probably something like "Find and Install".

My guess is going to be that the action mentioned at that line number
involves a feature (say online help?) that was not specified in your
application. What is the command at line 449 above - that will be our
next clue.


I've included ALL udig features from SDK RC13 in my product. Don't know
which one include the help plugin...

>From the UDIGActionBarAdvisor :
line 165 is :
fillHelpMenu(helpMenu);
line 449 is :
IAction welcome = ActionFactory.INTRO.create(window);

That's my feedback. Don't expect to much cause I'm not an eclipse expert.
I'll get back to you if I find something else and will update the wiki if
I find a way to get it working.


Cedric


Jody
_______________________________________________
User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig)
http://udig.refractions.net
http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel




_______________________________________________
User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig)
http://udig.refractions.net
http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel

Back to the top