[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Replacing the splash image (via an update)

[Derek <subs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the reply.

I am already using both -showsplash in the eclipse.ini and 
osgi.splashPath in the config.ini:
osgi.splashPath=platform:/base/plugins/com.company.product.brand

I have found that after the update, it is still showing the original 
splash image. If I rename the plugin containing the original image, then 
no splash is shown, even though there is a newer version of the plugin 
installed.

Something, somewhere has a hard-coded link to the exact version number 
of the branding plugin - but I can't find it... Any further ideas?

Thanks,

Andrew Niefer wrote:
> How are you specifying the splash bmp to use?
> -showsplash in the eclipse.ini file?
> osgi.splashLocation in config.ini ?
> osgi.splashPath in config.ini?
>
> Both of -showsplash and osgi.splashPathwill do a search in the plugins 
> folder disk for the given bundle and will choose the highest version.
> (-showsplash org.eclipse.platform or 
> osgi.splashPath=base:/plugins/org.eclipse.platform).
>
> -showplash with a full path, or osgi.splashLocation point directly to 
> the bmp.
>
> If you are using the old update which is unable to update the 
> eclipse.ini or config.ini, the way to get an updated splash screen is to 
>  make sure you use splashPath or -showsplash to do a search.
> Even if you are using p2, it is easiest to do it this way, unless you 
> craft p2 metadata to adjust the splash location directly.
>
> It should not be necessary to clean the cache, as the bitmap is only 
> saved there after the location has been chosen and if we need to extract 
> the bitmap out of a jar.
>
> -Andrew
>
>
> Derek wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In our application, we provide our own splash image. This is working 
> > fine. We are now wish to update the splash image via the update 
> > mechanism.
> >
> > The splash image is located in our branding plugin, and we 
> > successfully update the plugin (with the new image), but when Eclipse 
> > restarts, the old image is still shown.
> >
> > I noticed the image seemed to be cached in 
> > eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher/com.xxx.branding.nnnnn/splash.bmp 
> > so I deleted it - but still the old image is loaded.
> >
> > Any ideas how I can replace it?
> >
> > Config:
> > Eclipse 3.3.1
> > Windows XP
> > Java 1.6
> >
> >
> > Thanks


--
Derek