Re: [platform-swt-dev] A question about stand-alone SWT applications

["j.random.programmer" <javadesigner@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>C:\eclipse-2.1.0\plugins\org.eclipse.jface_2.1.0\jface.jar
>>C:\eclipse-2.1.0\plugins\org.eclipse.runtime_2.1.0\runtime.jar
>>C:\eclipse-2.1.0\plugins\org.eclipse.swt.win32_2.1.0\ws\win32\swt.jar
>>C:\eclipse-2.1.0\plugins\org.eclipse.ui.workbench_2.1.0\workbench.jar
>>C:\eclipse-2.1.0\plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime_2.1.0\runtime.jar
> 
> > ------
> 
> > My question is this:
> 
> > Do I need the runtime, workbench and core.runtime
> > jar's on my classpath or will swt/jface suffice ?
> 
> > Best regards,
> 
> > --j
> 
> This sort of question about using SWT should be
> posted to the
> eclipse.tools newsgroup.  This mailing list is for
> those who are
> implementing SWT.

Thanks for the reply. I'll make sure to post
these types of questions to the tools mailing list.
 
> That said, since you said you are using SWT
> standalone and not JFace,

Actually, as I mentioned in my original post, I want 
to use SWT and JFACE both and both in standalone 
mode (JFace is just a framework on top of SWT right) ?

> all you really need on your classpath is swt.jar. 
> The other 4 jars
> are not necessary.  You will also need to provide
> the
> java.library.path VM argument pointing to the
> location of the SWT .dll
> file.

....\plugins\org.eclipse.runtime_2.1.0\runtime.jar

is *not* even available in the eclipse-rc3b release.
(that particular directory does not exist). Now
I am really confused.

--j

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