org.eclipse.pde/cheatsheets/rcpapp/rcpapp-create.xml

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<!-- Simple Cheat Sheet -->

<cheatsheet title="Create a plug-in">

   <!-- Introduction -->

   <intro href="/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/reference/ref-cheatsheets.htm">
      <description>
         This cheat sheet will demonstrate how to create and run an
         RCP application using PDE. 
         <br/>
         <br/>
         To learn more about using cheat sheets, click the help button
         in the top right corner (?). 
      </description>
   </intro>

   <!-- Item -->

   <item title="Open the plug-in development perspective"
         href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/views/views.htm"
         dialog="false"
         skip="false">
      <description>
         To open the plug-in development perspective,
         select <b>Window-&gt;Open Perspective-&gt;Other...</b> 
         and choose <b>Plug-in Development</b>.
         <br/>
         <br/>
         Alternatively, click the following button to perform the task.
      </description>
      <command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.perspectives.showPerspective(org.eclipse.ui.perspectives.showPerspective.perspectiveId=org.eclipse.pde.ui.PDEPerspective)" required="false" translate="" />
   </item>

   <!-- Item -->

   <item title="Create the plug-in"
         href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/project_wizards/new_plugin_project.htm"
         dialog="true"
         skip="false">
      <description>
         To create the plug-in, perform the following steps:
      </description>
      <subitem label="Select &quot;File-&gt;New-&gt;Project...&quot; from the main menu, expand the &quot;Plug-in Development&quot; category within the resulting &quot;New Project&quot; dialog box, and choose &quot;Plug-in Project&quot;" 
               skip="false">
         <command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.newWizard(newWizardId=org.eclipse.pde.ui.NewProjectWizard)" required="false" translate="" />
      </subitem>
      <subitem label="Input &quot;com.example.rcpapp&quot; into the &quot;Project Name&quot; text box on the &quot;Plug-in Project&quot; page and click &quot;Next &gt;&quot;" 
               skip="false"/>
      <subitem label="Select the &quot;Yes&quot; radio button under the &quot;Rich Client Application&quot; heading on the &quot;Plug-in Content&quot; page and click &quot;Next &gt;&quot;" 
               skip="false"/>
      <subitem label="Select the &quot;Hello RCP&quot; template from the list of &quot;Available Templates&quot; and click &quot;Finish&quot;" 
               skip="false"/>           
   </item>

   <!-- Item -->

   <item title="Run the RCP Application"
         dialog="false"
         href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/launchers/eclipse_application_launcher.htm"
         skip="false">
      <description>
         To run the RCP application,
         perform the following steps:
      </description>
      <subitem label="Select the &quot;com.example.rcpapp&quot; plug-in editor from the workbench and select the &quot;Overview&quot; tab within it" 
               skip="false">
         <command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.rcpapp/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF)" required="false" translate="" />
      </subitem>               
      <subitem label="Click the &quot;Launch an Eclipse application&quot; hyperlink under the &quot;Testing&quot; heading" 
               skip="false"/>
      <subitem label="Verify that you see an empty window with a window title of &quot;Hello RCP&quot;" 
               skip="true"/>
      <subitem label="Exit the RCP application" 
               skip="false"/>
   </item>

   <!-- Item -->

   <item title="Modify the plug-in source"
         dialog="true"
         skip="false">
      <description>
         In this step, we want to suppress the <b>Hello RCP</b> text in
         the window title bar of our RCP application.
         <br/>
         <br/>
         To modify the plug-in source accordingly, 
         perform the following steps:
      </description>
      <subitem label="Open &quot;ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor.java&quot; by locating it in the &quot;src&quot; folder of the &quot;com.example.rcpapp&quot; package in the &quot;Package Explorer&quot; view and double-clicking it" 
               skip="false">                                                    
         <command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.rcpapp/src/com/example/rcpapp/ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor.java)" required="false" translate="" />
      </subitem>
      <subitem label="Comment out &apos;configurer.setTitle(&quot;Hello RCP&quot;);&apos; in the &quot;preWindowOpen()&quot; method" 
               skip="false"/>
      <subitem label="Select &quot;File-&gt;Save&quot; from the main menu" 
               skip="false"/>
   </item>

   <!-- Item -->

   <item title="Test the RCP Application"
         dialog="false"
         href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/launchers/eclipse_application_launcher.htm"
         skip="false">
      <description>
         To test the RCP application,
         perform the following steps:
      </description>
      <subitem label="Select the &quot;com.example.rcpapp&quot; plug-in editor from the workbench and select the &quot;Overview&quot; tab within it" 
               skip="false">
         <command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.rcpapp/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF)" required="false" translate="" />
      </subitem>               
      <subitem label="Click the &quot;Launch an Eclipse application&quot; hyperlink under the &quot;Testing&quot; heading" 
               skip="false"/>
      <subitem label="Verify that you see an empty window with no window title" 
               skip="true"/>
      <subitem label="Exit the RCP application" 
               skip="false"/>
   </item>

</cheatsheet>