[news.eclipse.technology.albireo] Re: SWT AWT Bridge Issues

["Rahul Kamdar" <rtkamdar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Johannes,

Thanks for the reply about your case! Sounds good to me... I'll start 
plugging around and try to use it. Any idea if there is any place where I 
can find information on what might NOT work in case of 3.2?

Thanks,
Rahul

"Johannes Utzig" <mail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Rahul Kamdar schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am making use of SWT_AWT bridge in order to bring panels from my 
>> Swing/AWT
>> application into Eclipse SWT environment. I cannot make use of Albireo 
>> since
>> I have a restriction to stick to Eclipse 3.2 and can't go for Eclipse 3.3 
>> or
>> higher.
>>
>> I have broken down my Swing application's window into panels and then
>> embedded each of these into a JApplet which is added to the frame 
>> returned
>> by SWT_AWT. Some of the problems I am encountering are as follows:
>>
>> 1] Label/buttons within the panel often is not visible until the user 
>> moves
>> his mouse over the area where this label/buttons are located
>> 2] On fast switching between the Eclipse views, often the panel/applet 
>> area
>> embedded inside the Eclipse view appears/becomes blank (anything related 
>> to
>> explicit setFocus?)
>>
>> For these issues are there any possible resolutions or are these known
>> issues with the SWT_AWT Bridge framework?
>>
>> I would be really grateful for any help/direction.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rahul
>>
>>
>>
> Hi Rahul,
>
> it might not be officially supported, but I'm running Albireo successfully 
> on Eclipse 3.2 with SWT 3.2 so you might as well give it a shot.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Johannes