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1. In the Project Explorer - blank area, right-click
   • New > Project ... > Plug-in Project > "Next >" button
   • Project name: "HelloWorld"
   • "Next >" button
   • Version: "1.0.0"
   • check "Generate an activator ..."
   • Activator helloworld.Activator
   • Rich Client Application click "No"
   • "Next >" button
   • Uncheck "Create a plug-in using one of the templates"
   • "Finish" button
2. Under the new HelloWorld project, find the META-INF directory, and open the MANIFEST.MF file by double-clicking on it.
3. Click on the "Dependencies" tab,
   • in the "Required Plug-insImported Packages" box, highlight org.eclipse.core.runtime, and click the "Remove" button on the right.
   • next to the "Imported Packages" box, click the "Add..." button, in the "Package Selection" popup in the text box, enter com.affymetrix.genoviz.util and click the "OK" button.
   • Do the same for org.osgi.framework (there may be a version number in parentheses after the name).
4. Right click on the blank area at the top, next to "Dependencies" and
   • a context menu comes up, click "Save".
5. Open the Activator.java file under src/helloworld
   • add the import statement
   • import com.affymetrix.genoviz.util.ErrorHandler;
   • at the top, and add the line
   • ErrorHandler.errorPanel("Hello World");
   • at the end of the start() method, and
   • ErrorHandler.errorPanel("Goodbye World");
   • at the end of the stop method
6. Save the file
7. In the Project Explorer
   • Right click the HelloWorld project
   • > "Export ..."
   • "Deployable plug-ins and fragments"
   • "Next >" button
   • Under "Available Plug-ins and Fragments:", check only Hello World
   • "Directory:" use any directory you like
   • click the "Finish" button.
8. The HelloWorld_1.0.0.jar file will be in the plugins directory under the directory the you specified. This is your bundle
9. In the HelloWorld's plugins directory, from the command line run
   • java -jar IGB_HOME/igb_server/lib/bindex.jar -n IGB -q -r repository.xml .
     (Note the period in the last command is used to signal "this" directory )
     The arguments to bindex.jar are:
     •  -n IGB which tells IGB...
     •  -r repository.xml:  Creates the file repository.xml with information about the plugin.  this information is used by the IGB client to load the plugin from a web server.
   • where IGB_HOME is your IGB directory.
10. Now, if you can access your plugins directory from a local web server, you can open up the Plug ins tab in IGB
    • (http://wiki.transvar.org/confluence/display/igbman/IGB+Tabbed+Panels#IGBTabbedPanels-PluginsPanel)
    • click on the "Repositories..." button on the lower right
    • Click the "Add..." button
    • put the URL for your local plugin directory, fill in the name with whatever you want.
    • Click the "Add Server" button
    • close the Preferences popup
11. You should now see your Hello World plugin.
    • If you install the plugin you will see an Error popup "Hello World"
    • When you uninstall the plugin, you will see an Error popup "Goodbye World"
12. Congratulations!

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