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<!-- Simple Cheat Sheet -->
<cheatsheet title="Define a feature based product">
<!-- Introduction -->
<intro href="/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/reference/ref-cheatsheets.htm">
<description>
This cheat sheet will demonstrate how to define a feature based product
configuration using a plug-in based one and create a feature for 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="Open the product editor"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/editor.htm"
dialog="false"
skip="false">
<description>
To open the product editor (if it is not already open),
expand the <b>com.example.rcpapp</b> tree dialog
in the <b>Package Explorer</b> view and double-click
on the <b>rcpapp.product</b> file.
<br/>
<br/>
Alternatively, click the following button to perform the task.
</description>
<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.rcpapp/rcpapp.product)" required="false" translate="" />
</item>
<item title="Switch to a feature based product configuration"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/overview.htm"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
Select the <b>Overview</b> tab to display the <b>Overview</b>
page if it is not the initial page.
<br/>
<br/>
To switch to a feature based product configuration,
select the <b>features</b> radio button under the <b>Product Definition</b> heading.
<br/>
<br/>
Select <b>File-&gt;Save</b> from the main menu.
</description>
</item>
<item title="Create the feature"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/project_wizards/new_feature_project.htm"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
To create the feature, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the &quot;Dependencies&quot; tab to display the &quot;Dependencies&quot; page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the &quot;New Feature...&quot; tool button in the &quot;Features&quot; section."
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input &quot;com.example.feature&quot; into the &quot;Project Name&quot; text box on the &quot;Feature Properties&quot; page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input &quot;RCP Application Feature&quot; into the &quot;Feature Name&quot; text box and click &quot;Next &gt;&quot;"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the &quot;com.example.rcpapp&quot; checkbox on the &quot;Refererenced Plug-ins and Fragments&quot; page and click &quot;Finish&quot;"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Add a feature description and license agreement"
dialog="false"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/feature_editor/information.htm"
skip="false">
<description>
The <b>com.example.rcpapp</b> feature editor should be opened
on the <b>Overview</b> page.
<br/>
<br/>
To add a feature description and license agreement, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the &quot;Information&quot; tab"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input &quot;RCP application feature description&quot; into the &quot;Text&quot; text box within the &quot;Feature Description&quot; tab"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the &quot;License Agreement&quot; tab within the &quot;Information&quot; page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input &quot;RCP application license agreement&quot; into the &quot;Text&quot; text box"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select &quot;File-&gt;Save&quot; from the main menu"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Add features to the product configuration"
dialog="true"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/configuration.htm"
skip="false">
<description>
To add features to the product configuration, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the &quot;rcpapp.product&quot; tab in the workbench to return back to the product editor (opened on the &quot;Dependencies&quot; page)"
skip="false">
<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.rcpapp/rcpapp.product)" required="false" translate="" />
</subitem>
<subitem label="Click the &quot;Add...&quot; button under the &quot;Features&quot; heading"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the &quot;org.eclipse.rcp&quot; feature within the &quot;Feature Selection&quot; dialog box and click &quot;OK&quot;"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select &quot;File-&gt;Save&quot; from the main menu"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Export the feature based product"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/export_wizards/export_product.htm"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
To export the feature based product, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the &quot;Overview&quot; tab to display the &quot;Overview&quot; page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Click the &quot;Eclipse Product export wizard&quot; hyperlink under the &quot;Exporting&quot; heading to launch the &quot;Export&quot; dialog box"
skip="false">
<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.file.export(exportWizardId=org.eclipse.pde.ui.productExportWizard)" required="false" translate="" />
</subitem>
<subitem
label="Verify that &quot;/com.example.rcpapp/rcpapp.product&quot; is entered in the &quot;Configuration&quot; combo box within the &quot;Product Configuration&quot; group"
skip="true">
</subitem>
<subitem label="Input &quot;rcpapp_feature-based&quot; in the &quot;Root directory&quot; text box contained in the &quot;Product Configuration&quot; group"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input a destination directory in the &quot;Directory&quot; text box under the &quot;Destination&quot; group (e.g. &quot;C:\&quot; for Windows) and click &quot;Finish&quot;"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Browse the exported feature based product directory"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
To browse the exported feature based product directory, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Navigate your file system to the destination directory specified in the previous step (e.g. &quot;C:\&quot; for Windows)"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Note the presence of the &quot;rcpapp_feature-based&quot; directory in the destination directory and open it"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Note the presence of the &quot;com.example.rcpapp&quot; plug-in along with other RCP plug-ins it depends upon within the &quot;plugins&quot; sub-directory"
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Note the presence of the &quot;com.example.rcpapp&quot; feature and &quot;org.eclipse.rcp&quot; feature within the &quot;features&quot; sub-directory"
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Note the &quot;rcpapp&quot; launcher with a branded icon (&quot;rcpapp.exe&quot; on Windows)"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Run the &quot;rcpapp&quot; launcher"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Observe the feature based RCP application you created that is fully executable outside the Eclipse workspace"
skip="true"/>
</item>
</cheatsheet>