[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: What is this widget?

[James Leotta <jleotta@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Benjamin Pasero wrote:
> Robert Enyedi wrote:
> > Because this is a higher level GUI component it does not belong to 
> > SWT. It doesn't belong neither to JFace, but to the org.eclipse.ui 
> > plugin.
> >
> > This means that I don't really see how you could use it for your 
> > standalone SWT application. Actually what would you like to use the 
> > view control for? To have the same look and dynamic behavior as seen 
> > in the Eclipse IDE?
>
> You can use it from the custom package of SWT. In this case: ViewForm.
>
> Ben
Look up RCP Sample under the RCP newsgroup. Someone wrote a tutorial on 
using Views along with some other stuff to make your standalone 
application utilized the eclipse framework.