[news.eclipse.dsdp] Re: Installing eRCP 1.1

[Martin Oberhuber <martin.oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello John,

When I'm not mistaken, eRCP is really a target platform for your PDE 
toolkit. So, the simplest way to test it, is:
  * Download eRCP for Windows
    - Extract to a directory, you can launch the sample
      apps via batchfile right away.
  * Launch Eclipse SDK on a new workspace
  * Window > Preferences > Plug-In Development > Target Platform
    and navigate to the eRCP installation (just above the plugins dir)

Now you can start writing applications against the eRCP platform.
I don't think there are any special wizards, because you just write 
normal plug-ins just as with PDE -- only you write it against the 
limited set of APIs from eRCP.

I'm also forwarding your message to the relevant eRCP newsgroup and 
mailing list.

Thanks,
--
Martin Oberhuber
Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm


johncw wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbie to Eclipse and have downloaded and installed Eclipse 3.3 
> and the C/C++ IDE (CDT) successfully. I am not sure how to install eRCP 
> 1.1 though. I downloaded and extracted the associated javadocs. The 
> instructions state to extract to a folder, which I did. I attempted to 
> install the folder plug-in contents via the Eclipse 3.3 workbench (IDE) 
> and this appears to have worked, but I am not sure. Is there a reference 
> link or can someone explain what actually needs to be done to install 
> eRCP 1.1 correctly? I guess I was expecting to see something from the 
> eRCP contents in the Eclipse 3.3 "New Project Wizard" (which I don't). I 
> am mainly interested in C\C++ development using Eclipse. Thanks.
>
> johncw