[Eclipse]How to export eclipse rich client application?
It is interesting to create rich client application using eclipse platform. After you create your project using eclipse PDE, you would like to export your application as native application. In this recipe, i will show how i do it in my local environment.
First of all, we need to create plugin to hook production and application extension point. In the plugin,xml, it should have following entry sets.
<product name="RCP Product" id="org.eclipse.trader.platform.product" application="org.eclipse.trader.platform.application" version="1.0.0.qualifier" useFeatures="false" includeLaunchers="true"> <aboutInfo> <image path="product_lg.gif"/> <text> RCP Mail template created by PDE </text> </aboutInfo> <configIni use="default"> </configIni> <launcherArgs> <vmArgsMac>-XstartOnFirstThread -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts</vmArgsMac> </launcherArgs> <windowImages i16="icons/sample2.gif"/> <plugins> <plugin id="com.ibm.icu"/> <plugin id="javax.annotation"/> <plugin id="javax.inject"/> <plugin id="org.apache.batik.css"/> <plugin id="org.apache.batik.util"/> <plugin id="org.apache.batik.util.gui"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.core.commands"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.core.contenttype"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.core.databinding"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.core.databinding.property"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.core.expressions"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.core.jobs"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.core.runtime"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility.registry" fragment="true"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.core.commands"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.core.di"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.core.di.extensions"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.core.services"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.bindings"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.core"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt.theme"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.di"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.workbench"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.services"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.widgets"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench3"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.emf.common"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.emf.ecore"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.change"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.app"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.common"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.ds"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.event"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.preferences"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.registry"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.util"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.help"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.jface"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.jface.databinding"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.osgi"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.osgi.services"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.swt"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.swt.win32.win32.x86" fragment="true"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.trader.platform"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.ui"/> <plugin id="org.eclipse.ui.workbench"/> <plugin id="org.w3c.css.sac"/> <plugin id="org.w3c.dom.smil"/> <plugin id="org.w3c.dom.svg"/> </plugins></product>
