[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: Opening a file on the editor

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

sakhi wrote:

> I don't do  anything to create a editor input. In my editor class 
> create part control i just call setDocument(new FileDocumentProvider());
> I run my plugin project as eclipse application and a workbench 
> opens.In the file  menu ->open i browse to a file in the desktop and 
> open it .It automatically opens with its associated editor.I do not 
> open the editor programatically...!When the editor opens the call 
> automatically goes to createDocument method of the 
> FileDocumentProvider().

It's like I suspected: you assumed a certain editor input type for 
external files. You have two choices:
1. (preferred) don't use FileDocumentProvider: either don't override the 
document provider that the TextEditor uses (i.e. 
TextFileDocumentProvider) or subclass TextFileDocumentProvider. Note 
that you don't have to read the file and create the document yourself as 
the TextFileDocumentProvider already does this for you.

2. keep your code and make sure it can handle IURIEditorInput (the 
concrete class is FileStoreEditorInput).

HTH
Dani

> Br,
> Sakhi