[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: Running Jobs in an RCP

[John Arthorne <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is an "always run in background preference" that will stop user 
jobs from ever showing a progress dialog. I assume since you're writing 
an RCP app that you haven't set this preference, but I thought I'd 
mention it.
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Chris Stillwell wrote:
> I have a long running task that I have setup up as a Job.
>
> Job myJob = new Job("MyJob")  {
>     public IStatus run(IProgressMonitor monitor)
>     {
>      . . .
>      }
> };
> myJob.setUser(true);
> myJob.schedule();
>
> The problem I am having is that the Job always runs in the background and
> never displays any progress
> indication.  My understanding from reading the Eclipse help is that user
> jobs appear in a modal progress dialog.  Is there a bug or have I setup
> something wrong in my RCP?