Re: [platform-ua-dev] Trouble getting content to display in the Welcome

[Dejan Glozic <dejan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Steven,

I suggest creating a new RCP project using PDE template:

   Select 'New>PDE Project'
   Enter the project name (e.g. foo)
   On the third page, choose 'Yes' for 'Would you like to create an RCP'
   From the list of templates, choose 'RCP application with an intro'
   Press 'Finish'
   Run as Eclipse Application as Product by choosing 'foo.product' from the
   list of products

You should see a placeholder splash screen and your application should open
into the sample intro with couple of root links. Hope this helps.

Regards,

Dejan Glozic, Ph.D.
Manager, Eclipse Development 1A
D1/R0Q/8200/MKM
IBM Canada Ltd.
Tel. 905 413-2745  T/L 969-2745
Fax. 905 413-4850



                                                                       
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Hiya,


My first post to this list. I?ve looked about ? platform help, articles,
list archives, etc. ? and haven?t had much luck answering this question.


My principal question is: Is any intro part functionality for a given
product defined anywhere but in an org.eclipse.ui.intro extension?


More below:


I?m trying to define an intro using an intro extension and specifying
CustomizableIntroPart as the IintroPart implementation. I?m expecting to be
able to click Help > Welcome > my_product and have the HTML file my intro
extension points to displayed in the dialog that appears. But while my
product?s name shows up in the disambiguator dialog, I don?t get any
content in the Welcome window ? nothing.


- We had no class implementing IintroPart and no extension whose point is
org.eclipse.ui.intro prior to my writing a simple (hello world, basically)
extension.


- The product?s name (and the PDE?s) showed up in the disambiguator before
I did anything at all (ie, before I added my intro extension). How does
Eclipse know I want a Welcome screen?


- My plugin doesn?t appear among the plugins listed from the About dialog.


- This is version 3.1 ? no welcomePage is specified.


- I admit I?m not completely clear on what value should be used for the
productId attribute in the introProductBinding element ? the
eclipse.product value specified in the eclipse.ini file? the id of the
product?s org.eclipse.core.runtime.products extension? the plugin attribute
value specified for the feature? I?ve tried all of these and still no luck.


Thanks in advance,


Steve


Staff Technical Writer, Workshop team


BEA Systems


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