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[[Image:E4-contacts-demo.PNG|thumb|400px|A screenshot of the e4 contacts demo as of 1.0M2.]] | [[Image:E4-contacts-demo.PNG|thumb|400px|A screenshot of the e4 contacts demo as of 1.0M2.]] | ||
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The '''e4 contacts demo''' showcases an e4-based RCP application that allows the user to view and edit vCards. | The '''e4 contacts demo''' showcases an e4-based RCP application that allows the user to view and edit vCards. | ||
Revision as of 14:41, 14 January 2010
- The instructions provided on this page were last updated for the e4 1.0M3 milestone.
The e4 contacts demo showcases an e4-based RCP application that allows the user to view and edit vCards.
Prerequisites
Features
- Displays the usage and definition of commands, handlers, and keybindings in e4
- Ctrl+D switches to the "Dark Theme"
- Ctrl+L switches to the "Bright Theme"
- Ctrl+5, X will exit the application (demonstrates multistroke keybindings)
- Ctrl+S to save the vCard that's currently opened
- Shows how CSS can be used to skin an application (note that the CSS engine does not have any particular dependencies on e4 technologies and can be reused in an Eclipse 3.x-based application)
- Editing a vCard will cause the part to display the '*' dirty affordance (demonstrates the life cycle of saveable parts)
Setup steps
- Download an e4 SDK here.
- Unzip/Untar the file as you would with a regular Eclipse SDK download.
- Start up Eclipse.
- Select File > Import... and select CVS > Projects from CVS, click Next.
- Copy the CVS repository location and paste it into the "Host" field to populate the wizard page: :pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/eclipse
- You should see "Host: dev.eclipse.org, Repository path: /cvsroot/eclipse, User: anonymous, Connection type: pserver".
- Click Next and select the second option Use an existing module.
- Drill down as follows: e4 > org.eclipse.e4.ui > examples and select org.eclipse.e4.demo.contacts. Click Next.
- Important: Do not click Finish just yet. Advance to the last wizard page using Next, then click on Refresh Tags. Select the tag appropriate for your installation (e.g. M3, I20100112-0800, R0_9 ... you can find your installation's build tag in the Help > About Eclipse SDK dialog) and click Finish.
- This will check out one project into your workspace. Expand the project in the Package Explorer and open the contacts.product file.
- In the opened editor, navigate to the 'Testing' section in the 'General' tab.
- Click the 'Launch an Eclipse application' hyperlink. The demo should now come up.
Known issues
- The splash screen does not currently go away, see bug 277463.