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| <td valign="top" style="padding: 10px"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;">Developing SWT applications using Eclipse</h1> |
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| <p>While SWT is integrated as part of the Eclipse plug-in API, for standalone |
| application development it is best to develop against the SWT standalone |
| download. This document will help you get set up.</p> |
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| <p>First, download the .zip of SWT for your platform from the |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/swt/">SWT homepage</a>.</p> |
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| <p>The SWT .zip file can then be imported into your workspace. In the |
| <i>File</i> menu, choose <i>Import</i> and select the |
| <i>Existing Projects Into Workspace</i> wizard. |
| (In newer versions of eclipse, you can find <i>Existing Projects Into Workspace</i> |
| in the <i>General</i> category).</p> |
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| <center><p><img src="images/existing.png" alt="Existing Projects Into Workspace Wizard"></p></center> |
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| <p>Direct the wizard to the location where you downloaded the .zip file. |
| This will create a project called <i>org.eclipse.swt</i> in your |
| workspace.</p> |
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| <center><p><img src="images/import-projects.png" alt="Import Projects Wizard"></p></center> |
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| <p>Your Java projects can then add the SWT project as a dependency. |
| Open the properties dialog of your Java project, and on the <i>Java |
| Build Path</i> page, include the org.eclipse.swt project.</p> |
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| <center><p><img src="images/add-project.png" alt="Project Properties"></p></center> |
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| <p>With the SWT project as a dependency, you can now benefit from |
| Eclipse features such as the Javadoc view and code assist.</p> |
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| <center><p><img src="images/swt-example.png" alt="SWT Eclipse Example"></p></center> |
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| <p>Now you can run any main class in your project by selecting the class and then selecting |
| <i>Run > Run As > Java Application</i></p> |
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