Questions tagged [rcp]

RCP stands for Rich Client Platform, and is software that provides a platform for application developers to build on. It may also refer to the "remote copy" command in Unix. Use the eclipse-rcp tag for questions about Eclipse RCP.

RCP stands for Rich Client Platform, which is software that provides a platform for application developers to build on. This speeds production, allowing proven framework to be used rather than re-implemented. An example is the Eclipse RCP.

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Rich_Client_Platform

It may also refer to the "remote copy" command in Unix.

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Global variables in Eclipse RCP

how do i solve this: I have usercredential informtion in my main RCP plugin. All other plugins should have that information as well. Preference Store is not possible, because also the presference store needs a nodename which needs to be globally…
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Get e4 service without injection

I'm trying to adapt an Eclipse RCP 3.x application to use some facilities from e4. For this reason, there is no e4xmi file. In particular, I need to get access to some services: public class RunModeService { @Inject private static ECommandService…
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Eclipse e4 RCP: Core Expressions - Something less XML-hell?

I'm working on an E4 RCP application, and have a context menu which has menu items visible or not depending on the selection. The way I've found to do this is with core expressions defined in the plugin.xml like so:
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Hide markers in Eclipse

I am developing an Eclipse RCP application and I have custom markers that I display on a diagnostics view. I want the filtering in my diagnostics view to affect the markers as well (if I hide the warnings in my view I want the warnings markers not…
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Run OSGi Console of RCP Application (NOT the Host OSGi console)

I need to check whether certain bundles loaded at startup inside my RCP Application. I know there is a "Host OSGi Console" that shows the states of all Plug-Ins within the Eclipse IDE, but I am not interested in those. I performed the following…
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ScrolledComposite showing no scrollbars when set to expand

my problem is that if my Scrolled Composite has scrolledWrapper.setExpandHorizontal(true); scrolledWrapper.setExpandVertical(true); it expands correctly on the whole ViewPart but if I shrink the View no scrollbars appear. If I don't set the…
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Eclipse RCP: Add required plugins automatically to feature

I find that Run Configurations has a "powerful" button on the "Plug-ins" tab. It's the "Add Required Plugins" button. When I deselect all, and then tick on my plugins on Workspace, and click this button, it helps me to include a good dependencies…
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How to make an eclipse partstack not disappear when the last part is closed?

I'm working on a project with a main window consisting of a mpartstack where I add parts dynamically from another part. The problem is that when the last part gets closed the mpartstack disappears and the other part takes up all the space. When I…
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JFace Treeviewer add new root elements

I try to add a new element to my Treeviewer. When I add a subelement everything works fine. But I don't know how I can get the rootelement of my treeviewer to use it as parent for new root elements. I tried something like…
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Is it possible to automate the creation of a inno setup package with ant?

I am creating an Eclipse RCP application. I am following Joel's advice in the following article "Daily Builds are your friend": http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000023.html So, I've written a nice build script that creates an Eclipse…
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Application "org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench" could not be found in the registry

I am trying to build an RCP Application as done here. Sadly i am gettin an error message that doesn't makes much sense to me. Maybe one of you has an idea. !SESSION 2013-07-12 14:31:25.331…
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UTF-8 charcters in RCP build

I am facing problems when comparing UTF-8 charcters in an Eclipse RCP: one of my classes generates a string "2 µs", then another class parses this value and checks for "µs". When I launch this RCP directly from eclipse everything works as expected…
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Java RCP/SWT - "Android Toast like" dialog in Eclipse RCP

Does anybody know if there exist some implementation of some popup window, something like in Android: TOAST ?
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Opening the external browser out of an RCP application opens Firefox instead of default browser on Linux.

When I open an external browser out of my RCP application using: PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getBrowserSupport().getExternalBrowser().openURL(url) It opens up firefox instead of the system default browser (chrome) on Linux (Ubuntu). My default browser…
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Eclipse RCP view will not update when editor data is modified

I'm attempting to do something that seems like it should be quite common, so I'm surprised I'm having a hard time finding a solution. I have a simple Eclipse RCP application. It consists of a view, containing a treeViewer that displays elements of…
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