[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: Problem using Swing from org.eclipse.cor

[Jean-Michel Lemieux <jean-michel@xxxxxx>]

Are you sure that the application is being called from the UI thread? 
Try adding the following:

javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
});


Harold Mills wrote:

> I have an existing Swing application to which I would like to add plug-in
> support. I hope to use the Eclipse plug-in facility for this purpose. To
> convince myself that this can work, I'm trying to write a small Eclipse
> plug-in containing an org.eclipse.core.runtime.applications extension as
> follows:
>
> package clo.brp.rcp;
>
> import javax.swing.JFrame;
>
> import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPlatformRunnable;
>
> public class RcpApplication implements IPlatformRunnable {
>
>     public Object run(Object args) {
>
>     	JFrame frame = new JFrame("RcpApplication");
>     	frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
>     	frame.setVisible(true);
>
>     	System.out.println("back from setVisible");
>
>     	return IPlatformRunnable.EXIT_OK;
>
>     }
>     
> }
>
> This almost works, except that the call to frame.setVisible returns
> immediately instead of blocking until the user dismisses the JFrame, the
> normal behavior for a Swing application. So the JFrame appears only
> briefly and then the program exits. Does anybody know how I can fix this?