[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Running SWT Outside Eclipse Instructions

["John Huss" <jhuss@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> The place that SWT should be is the JVM itself! It has to be part of JVM.
> Having your own copy may cause various problems. You can distribute
> s/w provided your maintenance support is also available. Otherwise,
> the method I am using is the best at least for Windows users.

I think you're quite wrong.  Have you ever installed Eclipse before?  Where 
does it put the swt jars?  Answer: not into the JRE installation area; it 
keeps them under the Eclipse installation folder.

How about another well-known swt app like RSSOwl?  Where does it put the swt 
jars?  Answer: not into the JRE installation area; it keeps them bundles 
them inside it's application jar.

If you install into the JRE area you will eventually have the same "dll 
hell" that accompanies dll files on Windows installed into the system32 
directory.  You should put swt in your application area and make sure it's 
on your classpath and your life will be much better.