[news.eclipse.technology.albireo] Re: Advice on getting started?

[Gordon Hirsch <gordon.hirsch@xxxxxxx>]

Cklewis wrote:
> Thanks, the snippet you posted was really helpful. The process was 
> different than what I expected. I thought the composite I was suppose to 
> make was SWT.EMBEDDED | SWT.NO_BACKGROUND.

Sorry if that was confusing. The EmbeddedSwingComposite actually wraps 
and builds on the SWT.EMBEDDED composite, so you don't have to create 
one yourself.

> My program seems to be working great and performance wise I haven't 
> noticed a difference (the program has to redraw the screen every .5 
> seconds or so). I have a few bugs right now and i'm hoping it's on my 
> end and not the swing integration.
>
> Btw do I need to ever call setFocus()?

Nothing about the Swing integration requires a setFocus(). I can't say 
about your particular application though...

The original code snippet I posted had a call to setFocus because it 
implemented a view part for the Eclipse Rich Client Platform. That 
wouldn't apply in your case.