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[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Can one use JFace for a standalone application?
Jeff Gunther wrote: 
Hi Hans,

Yes, you can use JFace within a standalone application. In fact, I've even
had success with deploying a SWT/JFace application using Sun's Java Web
Start.

Jeff 

Greetings.


Thanks, but how do you "initialize" the platform then? You see, I opened bug #35715 (http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=35715). John Arthorne replied to me suggesting that I should refactor my application to an Eclipse Application using the org.eclipse.core.runtime.application extension. Now I looked at some doc and found some reference to this org.eclipse.core.runtime.application, but I could understand how I convert my project to an Eclipse Application and have the platform initialized. What menu item within the IDE should I select to get things started? I found some XML that I should enter in the builder configuration:

<extension id="coolApplication" point="org.eclipse.core.runtime.applications">
      <application>
         <run class="com.xyz.applications.Cool">
            <parameter name="optimize" value="true"/>
         </run>
      </application>
</extension>

But what is the builder configuration? See, I can't figure out "down to earth" how to perform the conversion. When I select "refactor" after selecting my project, I only have two options: "rename" and "move". Nothing about converting my project to an Eclipse Application.


Thanks again for your reply,
Hans Deragon
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