ILOG JViews Charts Eclipse Samples

ILOG JViews Charts provides a number of Eclipse samples built for Eclipse 3.3.X. The Eclipse samples are distributed as Eclipse features and plugins.

Installation of a new local site

In order to install the ILOG JViews Eclipse plugins you need to install from the local site as shown below:

• Launch your Eclipse installation
• Go to Help/Software Updates/Find And Install
• In the Install/Update dialog box, click "Search for new features to install"
• Define a New Local Site with the directory "<installdir>/jviews-framework81/tools/ilog.views.eclipse.update.site"
• Select the features you want to install

The ILOG JViews local site is automatically created during the installation of your product. If you need to update the local site installation for any reason there is a batch file that will build the Eclipse update site and patch your ILOG JViews license key into the appropriate plugin. In order to rebuild the ILOG JViews local site you should do as follows:

• Windows: <installdir>\jviews-framework81\tools\build_eclipse.bat
• UNIX: <installdir>/jviews-framework81/tools/build_eclipse.sh

The JLM license file

When you install the plugin with the update manager, the JLM license file is also installed in the directory <Eclipseinstalldir>/plugins/ilog.views.eclipse.framework.runtime_8.1.0/jlm.

If you receive a new keys.jlm file, you will need to copy it into this directory.

Package descriptions

ilog.views.eclipse.ui

• Defines an extension point to add new actions to the new action drop-down in the toolbar
• Defines an extension point to add filters to the Open Dialog box
• Adds an Open menu item in the File menu of the workbench window
• Adds an Open button in the workbench toolbar
• Adds a New button in the workbench toolbar

ilog.views.eclipse.chart.runtime

• The runtime plugin wraps the appropriate ILOG JViews JAR files for the Charts product as an Eclipse plugin

ilog.views.chart.ui

• Read-only editor for a Charts project
• Integrates with the standard Eclipse Outline view

Setting up a workspace for browsing source files

You can set up a workspace with binary projects for all the ILOG JViews plugins that you have installed:

• Switch to the Java perspective by selecting Window>Open Perspective>Java
• Choose File>Import>External Plug-ins and Fragments
• Click Import as "Binary projects with linked content"
• Click Finish

How to use the sample

• Click File>Open. The Open File dialog box opens. Select a Charts Project file in jviews-charts81/samples/gallery/data.