http://www.javawiki.org Expressions developing RCP Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:01:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...the rest remains constant. My employer decided to host my expressions about the eclipse-framework and prepared a new blog, where also other client-technologies will be mentioned and is accessible under http://www.richclient2.eu. http://www.javawiki.org/2006_07_06/javawikiorg-becomes-richclient2eu/ Today I want to show how to use of the open-source project SWT-Calendar. With a few lines of code you can implement a wonderful small calendar widget for SWT, that is not delivered by default. I've written a tiny RCP where you can select a date. If you click on the text-field ... http://www.javawiki.org/2006_04_10/a-swt-calendar-widget/ If you're having dependencies to org.eclipse.ui.ide and you launch your RCP you'll automatically get an entry in the menu-bar that is called "Convert Line Delimiters to" and also "Last Edit Location", although you don't need it. To remove this entries place the following lines in your ApplicationActionBarAdvisor [java] ActionSetRegistry reg = WorkbenchPlugin.getDefault().getActionSetRegistry(); IActionSetDescriptor[] ... http://www.javawiki.org/2006_03_20/getting-rid-of-convert-line-delimiters-to/ It is always recommended to deliver a JRE with your Eclipse-Product, because it has tow major advantages. The client needn't to install java (probably he doesn't have the rights or the competence). You can be sure that all your clients use the same version and vendor of the vm. But theres also a ... http://www.javawiki.org/2006_03_19/jre-bundling-with-the-look-feel-of-the-current-xp-theme/ Probably you was already faced with the requirement to add small icons to your pulldowns. That looks very nice, but unfortunately there is no common SWT-Widget to realize this. Fortunately the Eclipse-Framework is OpenSource and we can reprodruce the structure of a SWT-ComboBox. A Combo is not more than a text-field ... http://www.javawiki.org/2006_03_03/enhancing-the-combo-widget-with-images/ Developing a Model-Based Editor - TOC Intro Preparation Editor-Inputs Editor-Implementation TBD http://www.javawiki.org/2006_03_03/best-practice-developing-a-model-based-editor-editor-implementation/ Developing a Model-Based Editor - TOC Intro Preparation Editor-Inputs Editor-Implementation TBD http://www.javawiki.org/2006_03_03/best-practice-developing-a-model-based-editor-editor-inputs/ Developing a Model-Based Editor - TOC Intro Preparation Editor-Inputs Editor-Implementation The following describes the basics of creating editors. Declaring the extension-point In our example we want to provide an simple editor for the object org.javawiki.model.SubProcess and a MultiPageEditor with two pages for the object org.javawiki.model.Step. At first we define the extension points. [xml] contributorClass="org.javawiki.editors.ProcessEditorContributor" default="false" extensions="step" icon="icons/sample.gif" id="org.javawiki.editors.StepEditor" name="StepEditor"/> contributorClass="org.javawiki.editors.ProcessEditorContributor" default="false" extensions="subp" icon="icons/sample.gif" id="org.javawiki.editors.parts.SubProcessEditor" name="SubProcessEditor"/> [/xml] Declaration in the plugin.xml Managing the Object-Editor-Mapping The ... http://www.javawiki.org/2006_03_02/best-practice-developing-a-model-based-editor-preparation/ Developing a Model-Based Editor - TOC Intro Preparation Editor-Inputs Editor-Implementation A very important element of the Eclipse-Framework are editors. Editors are among views the fundamental element for user-interaction. Eclipse provides a wonderful framework for creating editors with a reserved area (the "editor area"), where you don't have to care for common behaviour. Just implement the ... http://www.javawiki.org/2006_03_02/best-practice-developing-a-model-based-editor-intro/ Today I want to show how to add a sorter to your JFace-Table. The requirement is to sort descending und ascending by clicking on the TableColumn-Header. The inital view with sorting The ascending sorting after a click on the ID-Column header. JFace already provides sorting-functionality. We just have to provide something like an ... http://www.javawiki.org/2006_01_18/tidy-up-your-jface-viewer-sorting-a-table/