| <article link="Using Images In Eclipse.html"> |
| <title>Using Images in the Eclipse UI</title> |
| <date>April 20, 2001</date> |
| <update> |
| <date>September 12, 2002</date> |
| <reason>for Eclipse 2.0</reason> |
| </update> |
| |
| <category>SWT</category> |
| <category>RCP</category> |
| <category>User interface</category> |
| <category>Plug-ins</category> |
| |
| <author> |
| <name>John Arthorne</name> |
| <company>IBM</company> |
| </author> |
| <description> |
| Managing images in a large graphical application can be a |
| daunting task. Since modern operating systems such as Windows&reg; |
| only support a small number of images in memory at once, an |
| application's icons and background images must be carefully |
| managed and sometimes shared between widgets. This article |
| describes the image management facilities provided by the |
| Eclipse Platform, along with some best practice guidelines to |
| keep in mind when writing your own Eclipse UI plug-ins. We |
| assume the reader already has a basic understanding of Eclipse, |
| the UI extension points defined by the Eclipse Platform, and the |
| Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT). |
| |
| </description> |
| </article> |