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| <h1>Launching RAP Applications</h1> |
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| <p>To start your RAP application, select <strong>Open Run Dialog...</strong> |
| from the <strong>Run</strong> menu. You need to create a <strong>New Launch |
| configuration</strong>. You can either use the <a href="#rap">RAP Launcher</a> |
| or the <a href="#equinox">Equinox Launcher</a>. Regardless which way to launch |
| you choose ensure that the following plug-ins are activated: |
| <ul> |
| <li>javax.servlet</li> |
| <li>org.apache.commons.logging</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.core.commands</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.core.contenttype</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.core.expressions</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.core.jobs</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.core.runtime</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility.registry</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.equinox.app (when using Eclipse 3.3)</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.equinox.common</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.equinox.http.jetty</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.equinox.preferences</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.equinox.registry</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.osgi</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.osgi.services</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.rap.demo</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.rap.jface</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.rap.rwt</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.rap.ui</li> |
| <li>org.eclipse.rap.ui.workbench</li> |
| <li>org.mortbay.jetty</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <a name="rap"><h2>Using the RAP Launcher</h2></a> |
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| <p>The RAP Launcher is based on the |
| <a href="/help/topic/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/launchers/equinox_launcher.htm"> |
| OSGi Launcher</a> and adds a |
| <strong>Main</strong> tab page to it. Please note, that the RAP Launcher only |
| works when the Equinox OSGi Framework is selected, which is the default |
| setting on page |
| <a href="/help/topic/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/launchers/equinox_plugins.htm"> |
| <strong>Bundles</strong></a>.</p> |
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| <img src="../../images/launcher.png" /> |
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| <h3>Servlet and Entry Point to Run</h3> |
| <p>Within this group you need to choose the combination of servlet name and |
| entry point you would like to run. |
| |
| <p>Please note that the selection dialogs opened when pressing the |
| <strong>Browse...</strong> buttons list all servlet names/entry points |
| available in the workspace. Thus you have to ensure that the bundle that |
| provides the servlet name/entry point you selected is contained in the |
| selection on page <strong>Bundles</strong>.</p> |
| |
| <p>When the <strong>Terminate possible running previous launch</strong> |
| option is selected, an eventually running launch with the same name |
| will be terminated before lauching. This might come in handy when frequently |
| changing code and restarting the application.</p> |
| |
| <h3>Browser</h3> |
| Controls whether the application should be opened with the internal browser |
| in the editor area or if an external browser should be used. |
| The outcome depends on the browser preference settings that can be reached |
| with the <strong>Configure Browsers...</strong> link.</p> |
| |
| <h3>Manual Port Configration</h3> |
| <p>It is recommended to let the launcher dynamically choose a free port for |
| client-server communication. However if you would like to have full control |
| over the communication channel, you can explicity specify a port number.</p> |
| |
| <h3>Client-side Log Level</h3> |
| <p>This setting controls to which extent log messages from the client-side |
| JavaScript library are written. All settings other than <strong>Off</strong> |
| may open a browser pop-up window.</p> |
| |
| <h3>Client-side Library Variant</h3> |
| <p>RAP comes with two flavors of qooxdoo, the client-side JavaScript |
| library. The <strong>Standard</strong> version is optimized for speed |
| and size, whereas the <strong>Debug</strong> version should be used |
| when developing with RAP, especially custom widgets.</p> |
| |
| <p>To launch a once created launch configuration you may use the |
| launch shortcut keys <code>Alt+Shift+X+R</code> (run) and |
| <code>Alt+Shift+D+R</code> (debug). |
| </p> |
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| <a name="equinox"><h2>Using the Equinox Launcher</h2></a> |
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| <p><strong>If you are using Eclipse 3.3</strong>, you need to start |
| the <code>org.eclipse.equinox.app</code> plug-in with your RAP demo. To do |
| so, switch to the <strong>Plug-ins</strong> tab of your Launch Configuration |
| and select to include the <strong>org.eclipse.equinox.app</strong> plug-in.</p> |
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| <p>For Max OS X systems, please add <strong>-Djava.awt.headless=true</strong> |
| to your VM arguments.</p> |
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| <p>To run the demo, select <strong>Run > Run...</strong> from the main menu. |
| In the upcoming Launch Configuration Dialog, select <strong>Rich Ajax Platform |
| Demo</strong> from the section <strong>Equinox OSGi Framework</strong>.</p> |
| |
| <p>You may want to configure the TCP-port your demo application will listen to. |
| This is done opening the <strong>Arguments</strong> page and changing the |
| <strong>-Dorg.osgi.service.http.port=9090</strong> VM argument, to a |
| (arbitrarily chosen) port your application will listen to. This is |
| particularly important if the default port 9090 is already taken by some |
| other application.</p> |
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| <img src="../../images/demo-app-params.png"/> |
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| <p>To actually start your application, click the <strong>Run</strong> button. |
| The correct startup should display in the Eclipse Console through a message |
| saying <code style="color:red">INFO: Started SocketListener on |
| 0.0.0.0:<port>.</code> If an error shows up, please make sure all other |
| instances are stopped and then retry with another port.</p> |
| |
| <p>Now that the RAP application is running, you can access it using any |
| browser. Please enter the URL |
| <strong>http://localhost:<port>/rap?startup=<entrypoint></strong>. |
| Where <entrypoint> specifies the name of the IEntryPoint implementation |
| that you would like to start. |
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