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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
Under the new HelloWorld project, find the META-INF directory, and open
the MANIFEST.MF file by double-clicking on it.
Click on the "Dependencies" tab,
in the "Required Plug-ins" box,
highlight org.eclipse.core.runtime, and click the "Remove" button on the right.
next to the "Imported Packages" box, click the "Add..." button, int
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).
Right click on the blank area at the top, next to "Dependencies" and
a context menu comes up, click "Save".
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
Save the file
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.
The HelloWorld_1.0.0.jar file will be in the plugins directory under the directory the you specified. This is your bundle
In In the plugins directory, from the command line run
java -cp IGB_HOME/igb_server/lib/bindex.jar -jar bindex.jar -n IGB -q -r repository.xml .
where IGB_HOME is your IGB directory.
Now Now, if you can access your plugins directory from a local web server, you can open up the Plug ins tab
in IGB, and click on the "Repositories..." button on the lower right. Click the "Add..." button, and put the
URL for your local plugin directory. Click the "Add Server" button, then close the Preferences popup. Now,
uncheck uncheck and recheck the "Show Uninstalled" checkbox at the bottom of the Plug ins tab. You should nos
see see your Hello World plugin. If you install the plugin you will see an Error popup "Hello World". When you uninstall
the the plugin, you will see an Error popup "Goodbye World".
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