Using JViews products in Eclipse RCP applications

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Installing the JViews runtime plug-in

Rogue Wave® JViews Maps provides jar files in the form of a pre-packaged Eclipse plug-in. The name of this package is ilog.views.eclipse.maps.runtime.

In order to install the Rogue Wave® JViews Eclipse plug-ins, you need to install from the local site as shown below.

For Eclipse 3.7 or later:

1. Launch your Eclipse installation.

2. Go to Help/Install New Software.

3. Add a new local site: Click Add, then Local, and then specify the directory <installdir>/jviews-framework/tools/ilog.views.eclipse.update.site

4. Select the features you want to install, and then click Next.

In your applications, you need the ilog.views.eclipse.maps.runtime plug-in and its dependencies:

ilog.views.eclipse.maps.runtime

ilog.views.eclipse.diagrammer.runtime (optional)

ilog.views.eclipse.framework.runtime

ilog.views.eclipse.utilities.runtime