[news.eclipse.platform.pde] eclipse plugins - external jars & environmen

[Mikael <mikael_wozniak@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am working on adding new views to my eclipse perspective.

I would like to use external jars, using environment variable to find them.

Now, that works runtime using the external keywork in the MANIFEST file; for example:

Bundle-Classpath: external:$EXTLIBS$/jdom-1.1/build/jdom.jar,
.

but it doesn't work at build time, I tried to change the build page/build.properties file in the plugin.xml editor and that doesn't work.
When I hit the "export deployable plugin" button, it crashes saying that the jdom classes import couldn't be resolved.


So, the temporary workaround I have got is to export the plugin with Eclipse / File / Export and then manually change things such as the manifest file that end up empty.


In short, how to use jars at "plug-in build time" that are not part of any eclipse project and can only be found using an environment variable?

Thanks in advance.

Mikael