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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
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Copyright (c) 2005, 2008 IBM Corporation and others.
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All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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Contributors:
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IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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<!-- Simple Cheat Sheet -->
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<cheatsheet title="Export an RCP product">
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<!-- Introduction -->
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<intro href="/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/reference/ref-cheatsheets.htm">
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<description>
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This cheat sheet will demonstrate how to modify a build
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configuration and export an
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RCP product using PDE.
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<br/>
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<br/>
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To learn more about using cheat sheets, click the help button
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in the top right corner (?).
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</description>
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</intro>
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<!-- Item -->
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<item title="Open the plug-in development perspective"
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href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/views/views.htm"
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dialog="false"
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skip="false">
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<description>
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To open the plug-in development perspective,
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select <b>Window->Open Perspective->Other...</b>
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and choose <b>Plug-in Development</b>.
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<br/>
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<br/>
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Alternatively, click the following button to perform the task.
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</description>
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<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.perspectives.showPerspective(org.eclipse.ui.perspectives.showPerspective.perspectiveId=org.eclipse.pde.ui.PDEPerspective)" required="false" translate="" />
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</item>
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<!-- Item -->
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<item title="Open the build configuration editor"
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href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/manifest_editor/build.htm"
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dialog="false"
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skip="false">
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<description>
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To open the build configuration editor,
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expand the <b>com.example.rcpapp</b> tree dialog
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in the <b>Package Explorer</b> view and double-click
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on the <b>build.properties</b> file.
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<br/>
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<br/>
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Select the <b>Build</b> tab to display the <b>Build Configuration</b>
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page if it is not the initial page.
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<br/>
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<br/>
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Alternatively, click the following button to perform the task.
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</description>
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<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.rcpapp/build.properties)" required="false" translate="" />
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</item>
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<!-- Item -->
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<item title="Modify the build configuration"
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href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/manifest_editor/build.htm"
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dialog="true"
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skip="false">
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<description>
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In order to control what files are deployed with our packaged
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RCP application, we need to modify the build configuration.
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<br/>
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<br/>
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To modify the build configuration, perform the following steps:
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</description>
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<subitem label="Select the checkbox corresponding to the "icons" directory under the "Binary Build" heading"
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skip="false"/>
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<subitem label="Select the checkbox corresponding to the "splash.bmp" file under the "Binary Build" heading"
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skip="false"/>
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<subitem label="Select "File->Save" from the main menu"
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skip="false"/>
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</item>
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<item title="Open the product editor"
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href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/editor.htm"
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dialog="false"
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skip="false">
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<description>
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To open the product editor (if it is not already open),
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expand the <b>com.example.rcpapp</b> tree dialog
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in the <b>Package Explorer</b> view and double-click
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on the <b>rcpapp.product</b> file.
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<br/>
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<br/>
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Alternatively, click the following button to perform the task.
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</description>
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<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.rcpapp/rcpapp.product)" required="false" translate="" />
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</item>
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<item title="Export the plug-in based product"
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href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/overview.htm"
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dialog="true"
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skip="false">
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<description>
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To export the plug-in based product, perform the following steps:
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</description>
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<subitem label="Select the "Overview" tab within the product editor to display the "Overview" page"
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skip="false"/>
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<subitem label="Click the "Eclipse Product export wizard" hyperlink under the "Exporting" heading to launch the "Export" dialog box"
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skip="false">
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<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.file.export(exportWizardId=org.eclipse.pde.ui.productExportWizard)" required="false" translate="" />
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</subitem>
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<subitem label="Verify that "/com.example.rcpapp/rcpapp.product" is entered in the "Configuration" combo box within the "Product Configuration" group"
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skip="true"/>
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<subitem label="Input "rcpapp_plugin-based" in the "Root directory" text box contained in the "Product Configuration" group"
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skip="false"/>
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<subitem label="Input a destination directory in the "Directory" text box under the "Destination" group (e.g. "C:\" for Windows) and click "Finish""
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skip="false"/>
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</item>
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<item title="Browse the exported plug-in based product directory"
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dialog="true"
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skip="false">
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<description>
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To browse the exported plug-in based product directory, perform the following steps:
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</description>
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<subitem label="Navigate your file system to the destination directory specified in the previous step (e.g. "C:\" for Windows)"
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skip="false"/>
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<subitem label="Note the presence of the "rcpapp_plugin-based" directory in the destination directory and open it"
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skip="false"/>
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<subitem label="Note the presence of the "com.example.rcpapp" plug-in along with many other RCP plug-ins it depends upon within the "plugins" sub-directory"
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skip="true"/>
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<subitem label="Note the "rcpapp" launcher with a branded icon ("rcpapp.exe" on Windows)"
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skip="false"/>
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<subitem label="Run the "rcpapp" launcher"
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skip="false"/>
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<subitem label="Observe the plug-in based RCP application you created that is fully executable outside the Eclipse workspace"
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skip="true"/>
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<subitem label="Exit the RCP application"
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skip="false"/>
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</cheatsheet>
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