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Ann's note: Please add a tutorial explaining how to develop a simple plug-in. Your graph plug-in is probably a good place to start. We need a very simple but cool example that relies on a stable part of the API so that the tutorial doesn't get out of date.)
Sample plug-in
Project Explorer - blank area
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 paraentheses 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.
Project Explorer - blank area
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 paraentheses 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.
To create plug-ins using NetBeans - a Quick-Start Guide
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