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| − | + | Since 3.3 you can use the new EFS support to open an text editor on a file outside the workspace: | |
| + | <source lang="java"> | ||
| + | String name= new FileDialog(aShell, SWT.OPEN).open(); | ||
| + | if (name == null) | ||
| + | return; | ||
| + | IFileStore fileStore = EFS.getLocalFileSystem().getStore(new Path(filterPath)); | ||
| + | fileStore = fileStore.getChild(names[i]); | ||
| + | if (!fileStore.fetchInfo().isDirectory() && fileStore.fetchInfo().exists()) { | ||
| + | IWorkbenchPage page= window.getActivePage(); | ||
| + | try { | ||
| + | IDE.openEditorOnFileStore(page, fileStore); | ||
| + | } catch (PartInitException e) { | ||
| + | /* some code */ | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | </source> | ||
| − | + | Alternatively, you can create a <i>linked resource</i> in an existing project, which points to a file elsewhere in the file system. This example snippet creates a project called “External Files,” and then prompts the user to select any file in the file system. The code then creates a linked resource in the project to that external file, allowing the platform to open the file in read/write mode in one of the standard editors: | |
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| − | + | <source lang="java"> | |
| − | project, which points to a file elsewhere in the file system. This example snippet | + | IWorkspace ws = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace(); |
| − | creates a project called “External Files,” and then prompts the user | + | IProject project = ws.getRoot().getProject("External Files"); |
| − | to select any file in the file system. The code then creates a linked resource in the | + | if (!project.exists()) |
| − | project to that external file, allowing the platform to open the file in | + | project.create(null); |
| − | read/write mode in one of the standard editors: | + | if (!project.isOpen()) |
| − | < | + | project.open(null); |
| − | + | Shell shell = window.getShell(); | |
| − | + | String name = new FileDialog(shell, SWT.OPEN).open(); | |
| − | + | if (name == null) | |
| − | + | return; | |
| − | + | IPath location = new Path(name); | |
| − | + | IFile file = project.getFile(location.lastSegment()); | |
| − | + | file.createLink(location, IResource.NONE, null); | |
| − | + | IWorkbenchPage page = window.getActivePage(); | |
| − | + | if (page != null) | |
| − | + | page.openEditor(file); | |
| − | + | </source> | |
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== See Also: == | == See Also: == | ||
| + | *[[FAQ How do I accommodate project layouts that don't fit the Eclipse model?]] | ||
| + | *[[FAQ How do I open an editor programmatically?]] | ||
| + | *[[FAQ How do I open an editor on something that is not a file?]] | ||
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Revision as of 09:44, 9 September 2008
Since 3.3 you can use the new EFS support to open an text editor on a file outside the workspace:
String name= new FileDialog(aShell, SWT.OPEN).open(); if (name == null) return; IFileStore fileStore = EFS.getLocalFileSystem().getStore(new Path(filterPath)); fileStore = fileStore.getChild(names[i]); if (!fileStore.fetchInfo().isDirectory() && fileStore.fetchInfo().exists()) { IWorkbenchPage page= window.getActivePage(); try { IDE.openEditorOnFileStore(page, fileStore); } catch (PartInitException e) { /* some code */ } }
Alternatively, you can create a linked resource in an existing project, which points to a file elsewhere in the file system. This example snippet creates a project called “External Files,” and then prompts the user to select any file in the file system. The code then creates a linked resource in the project to that external file, allowing the platform to open the file in read/write mode in one of the standard editors:
IWorkspace ws = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace(); IProject project = ws.getRoot().getProject("External Files"); if (!project.exists()) project.create(null); if (!project.isOpen()) project.open(null); Shell shell = window.getShell(); String name = new FileDialog(shell, SWT.OPEN).open(); if (name == null) return; IPath location = new Path(name); IFile file = project.getFile(location.lastSegment()); file.createLink(location, IResource.NONE, null); IWorkbenchPage page = window.getActivePage(); if (page != null) page.openEditor(file);
See Also:
- FAQ How do I accommodate project layouts that don't fit the Eclipse model?
- FAQ How do I open an editor programmatically?
- FAQ How do I open an editor on something that is not a file?
This FAQ was originally published in Official Eclipse 3.0 FAQs. Copyright 2004, Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. This text is made available here under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0.