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

["Chris Stillwell" <chris_stillwell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Correct, I have not set this preference, but what would be the default?

Chris

"John Arthorne" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.
> --
>
> 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?
>