[news.eclipse.platform] Re: How to execute an external program from a pl

[Andrew Niefer <aniefer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

FileLocator#find(Bundle bundle, IPath path, Map override)
will return a URL for the entry in your bundle.
Then
FileLocator.toFileURL(URL)
will extract the entry to a cache (normally under the 
configuration/org.eclipse.osgi directory) and return the URL to the 
location on disk.

If you have an Activator for your bundle, you can get your Bundle object 
from the BundleContext, otherwise you could use Platform#getBundle

The FileLocator class is in org.eclipse.equinox.common

-Andrew

Stanley Hillner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> iÂve built a plugin that calls an external c#-Program to import some 
> things using the .Net-Framework.
> Ok, during the development of the plugin everything works fine (The 
> program "*.exe" lies in a subfolder named "temp" of the project) because 
> the plugin is loaded from the project, so it has a real filepath which I 
> get using the getInstallUri-Method.
>
> Now my problem: When I export the plugin as a jar the exe cannot be 
> launched because the file lies within the jar.
> So is there any possibility to execute the program at this location or 
> if not, how can i export a plugin as a directory so that eclipse is able 
> to load the plugin like a jar (I just tried to extract the contents of 
> the exportet jar and add the directory to the eclipse-plugin folder but 
> as IÂve expected eclipse didnÂt load the plugin).
>
> Thanks for the moment!