Problem with Eclipse RCP example

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G. Ralph Kuntz, MD - 27 Apr 2006 14:45 GMT

I am trying to learn RCP from the book Eclipse Rich Client Platform by
McAffer and Lemieux. I cannot get the example in chapter 5 to run
correctly. The point where it is supposed to show a "Contacts" tab
still shows an empty window.

I installed the examples from the book and they also do not show this
tab.

I reinstall Eclipse (3.2RC1a - I was running 3.1) and still no good. I
reinstalled the RCP SDK. Still no go.

I am running Java 1.5.0_06 on Windows XP.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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G. Ralph Kuntz, MD - 27 Apr 2006 14:54 GMT

The plot thickens...

I ran with a breakpoint set on the
Perspective.createInitialLayout(IPageLayout layout) method and it is
never called.

The class ApplicationWorkbenchAdvisor lists the PERSPECTIVE_ID as
"org.eclipsercp.hyperbola.perspective", and the Perspective class has
this set as it's id in the extensions window of the plugin manager.

Any thoughts?

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G. Ralph Kuntz, MD - 27 Apr 2006 19:24 GMT

Never mind :-).

I had the method

public void initialize(IWorkbenchConfigurer configurer) {
configurer.setSaveAndRestore(true);
}

and had run the program -- it seems to have saved it state -- without
the contacts view.

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thegallier@gmail.com - 12 May 2006 03:35 GMT

Well, this helped me out.

Thanks

> Never mind :-).
>
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> and had run the program -- it seems to have saved it state -- without
> the contacts view.

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egarson@gmail.com - 24 May 2006 22:20 GMT

Yep, me too :-)

By carefully following the example you will not see the Contacts view.
This is because the first task in beginning of chapter 5 is to call the
setSaveAndRestore() method which causes the Workbench to save settings
on shutdown. On subsequent invocations, the Workbench loads these
settings and bypass the IPerspectiveFactory which is only consulted the
first time the perspective is created.

This definitely belongs in the errata section for this book! There will
be lots of head scratching over this.

Edward

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