[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: Features and the AboutDialog...

[Daniel Krügler <dsp@xxxxxxx>]

Phill_Perryman@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have just been playing with my first rcp app and noticed that the 
> feature button was there (3.1.1).
>
> When I click it only one (out of the two) feature was displaying.
>
> I did a compare and found the one not displaying did not have the 
> branding plugin specified.
>
> I entered the branding plugin and it duly appeared. Next problem was I 
> assumed it wanted my "branding plugin" as the rcp book says but having 
> put this one in
> I find both entries have the same description (namely the one from the 
> branding plugin).
>
> I changed the branding plugin from the feature.xml to be the main plugin 
> from the feature and now all is well.

Thank you very much for your ideas, but if I understand you correctly,
I did the same and I also have 3.1.1. I don't understand your difference 
between branding-plugin and "main plugin". In my case the branding 
plugin contains the .product file, the 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.applications ext. pt. and the 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.products ext. pt. I have exactly one feature at 
the moment, its xml starts like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feature
      id="myclient.ui"
      label="%featureName"
      version="1.0.0"
      provider-name="%providerName"
      plugin="myclient.ui"
      os="win32"
      ws="win32">
...

and I also have the branding plugin, its manifest starting with this:

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
Bundle-Name: %plugin-name
Bundle-SymbolicName: myclient.ui; singleton:=true
...

so indeed feature id and feature plugin point to the branding plugin.
Also note that my .product file looks like that:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?pde version="3.1"?>

<product name="%product-name" id="myclient.ui.ide" 
application="myclient.ui.that_app" useFeatures="true">
...

   <features>
      <feature id="myclient.ui" version="1.0.0"/>
   </features>

</product>

thus it correctly references the one and only one feature I have
and is based on features.

What is the difference to yours?

Greetings,

Daniel