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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Is it possible to use Groovy to override a method in a Java class, when that Java class is not instantiated in my code?

I am developing an Eclipse RCP application and I recently started to use Groovy in it. So 99% of my code is still Java. I read that it is possible to use Groovy to override and add methods to Java classes and I was able to test this by adding a…
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Using PDE build, p2 and AdvancedInstaller together

I am building an Eclipse RCP application with the command-line version of PDE build in Eclipse 3.5.1. Then I use AdvancedInstaller to create the installer for the RCP product. I think the context would be similar with InstallShield and similar…
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SWT Table with over 200 columns doesn't render properly

In our Eclipse RCP 3.7 application we load in Excel files and display the first 30 rows in a table, the problem with the rendering isn't in the rows but in the number of columns, when it gets to a certain size the table doesn't seem to draw…
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Example how to build an eclipse RCP app with tycho against a nexus repository

Lars Vogel has a nice tutorial of how to build an eclipse plugin or rcp application with tycho (http://www.vogella.com/articles/EclipseTycho/article.html). This works well but there are two things I don't like. It builds against a repository that is…
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How to update view title

I'm trying to update the title of a view (ie : the text displayed in the tab) programmatically. When i do that : view.setPartName(newTitle); The view name is well updated but the UI is not. So how can i do that ? Thank you in advance!
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Fire selection event from code

I am writing an RCP application in eclipse that contains a combobox, and upon selecting any of its items, a selection event is being fired and some random code comes in action. The listener looks something like…
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How to keep SWT menu open after user clicks menu item?

I have an Eclipse RCP / SWT application with a Menu of Check Box Menu Items. I would like to be able to check/uncheck multiple items before clicking elsewhere to close the menu. However, the default SWT behavior is to close the menu after a single…
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Splash screen does not show up when product export

When i run my rcp application inside eclipse the splash screen is showing as it should. But when i export the product splash screen does not show up even if it is a new rcp application where i did not change splash screen at all
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Cannot launch eclipse rcp application in Juno

I can't launch my rcp application in newly released juno, but it works well in indigo. I found there are lots of lucene bundles were not resolved. But they were added to required plugins in run configurations. Dose anyone have any suggestions?…
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Enable static weaving in eclipselink

When i run my rcp application which uses jpa, i get theese warning messages: [EL Info]: 2012-05-23 22:29:26.841--ServerSession(20341825)--EclipseLink, version: Eclipse Persistence Services - 2.3.2.v20111125-r10461 [EL Warning]: 2012-05-23…
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How to Deprecate a View in an Eclipse Plugin

I have an Eclipse plug-in which used to contribute a view. However, in the next version of my plug-in I no longer want to contribute this view as the functionality is being done in a different way. So how do I go about removing the view? If I…
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Eclipse RCP multithreading

I have an eclipse rcp application. And I have a command when this command is executing. I need to start a thread. After execution of this thread GUI must be updated. But I suppose that this thread or other non-SWT thread cannot update GUI. But it…
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"Provisioning agent not found" when closing Eclipse runtime

When closing the runtime of my Eclipse plugin I get following error message: !ENTRY org.eclipse.core.resources 4 2 2012-04-19 18:44:18.200 !MESSAGE Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: "org.eclipse.core.resources". !STACK…
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RCP communication

I wrote two independent RCP application, let's call them A and B. Is it possible to call and run B from A without setting any dipendences?
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Eclipse RCP: how to observe the states of the cut/copy/paste commands?

I'm currently struggling with the following Eclipse RCP commands: org.eclipse.ui.edit.cut org.eclipse.ui.edit.copy org.eclipse.ui.edit.paste I'm using them as command contributions in the toolbar, but the UIElements (toolbar items) are not updated…
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