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[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: Does RCP allow SDI and MDI
Sorry to tell you but I don't see the benefit of the RCP plattform if you must have a SDI.
You could achive something like an SDI by opening additional shells for the different windows but how you can reuse the rcp ui stuff beats me. This would probably mean rewriting large parts of the rcp base.

So in my opinion your best bet is to
A) go with netbeans since they provide what you need
B) get your customer to switch over to RCP (away from SDI)
C) Implement your own framework on top of the RCP core (trying to reuse as much of the rcp ui as possible)
D) Do your own SWT application.

A) is probably going to be the fastest if you need to stick to SDI.

Oh I forgot there is also E: Find anther framework which provides what you need and is ide agnostic.

Just my opinion
Stefan

P.S: You could still develope your stuff on eclipse or do you need the netbeans ide to run a netbean rc?


G Van landeghem wrote: 
To summarize we have these options to implement an "application controller"
- Use netbeans platform api
- Use eclipse rcp
- Develop it ourselves

The conditions to meet:
- Use Eclipse as development enviroment
- Write an application in which each menu option launches a seperate window (Overview, detail, ...) which has an entry in the os taskbar and has its own menu.
- Have a application controller soon

We looked at Netbeans platform (which lets you choose between SDI/MDI) evaluated as ok because its pure java swing and with alot of options.

We looked at Eclipse and evaluated as being less ok because its SWT (learning curve) and no SDI available.

But I'd like to continue using Eclipse as IDE so I am looking for a way to use Eclipse RCP in a SDI manner.

Geert


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