Re: Plug-in dependencies

[Doug Davie <dougdavie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Check these settigns:

Window -> Preferences -> General -> Capabilities
Expand the Development Capabilities.  Is "Plug-in Development" checked?

Window -> Preferences -> Plug-in Development -> target Platform
is the correct target platform definition there and selected?

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:52 PM Rick Rauterkus <rrauterkus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I was issued a new PC about a month ago and having a problem setting up a
> plug-in I developed for Rational.
>
> Old PC:  Windows 7, RDi 9.6.0.4
> New PC: Windows 10, RDi 9.6.0.6
>
> The plugin was compiled on the old PC and has been in use for quite some
> time, with enhancements added over the years and thru different versions of
> Rational.  It is also working fine on my new PC.
>
> But now I want to make a change to it.  I tried importing it as a plugin
> project, and also tried creating a new plugin project, but in both cases it
> cannot find the plugins it requires, namely org.eclipse.ui,
> org.eclipse.core.runtime, and com.ibm.lpex.  They are in the manifest but
> with the red X saying they cannot be resolved.
>
> Fortunately the old PC was not reformatted yet, so booted that up and
> compared the projects between the 2 PCs for differences.  The only thing I
> can find is when I right click on the project, select Properties, go to the
> Java Build Path entry, the Libraries tab, and under Plug-in Dependencies,
> it shows 21 jars from the SDPShared\plugins folder including 3 that appear
> to match the plugins above that I need.  On the new PC it does not show
> any.  I don't ever remember adding them.
>
> So I tried adding them on my new PC using the Add External JARs button.  It
> does add them to the list, but at the same level as JRE System Library and
> Plug-in Dependencies, not as nodes under Plug-in Dependencies.  That takes
> care of the errors in the java source, but not the errors in the manifest
> itself, which prevents it from compiling.
>
> Any ideas if I'm looking in the right place?  Or how to get those JARs
> listed under Plug-in Dependencies?
>
> Thanks!
> Rick
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