Installation |
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General |
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Designer is composed of several components that can either be installed as a unit or as separate pieces. Make sure to check the system requirements before installing the product. For installation details, see the following:
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Installation using installer (prior to eclipse 3.4) |
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Download and execute the installer. The installer can be used to install the product into Eclipse 3.2, Eclipse 3.3 and Rational Application Developer 6.0, 7.0.
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Installing from ZIP file into Eclipse 3.4, 3.5 & above |
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Option 1. Using the Dropins folderUnzip the file into a new directory within your Eclipse \dropins directory. Your \dropins directory structure should look something like this:
See the Eclipse wiki page for a list of supported dropins format. Re-start Eclipse and Activate the product. If the product preference option is not available when you re-start Eclipse, try restoring the original copy of your eclipse\configuration and p2 directories or install into a fresh copy of Eclipse. Option 2. Using a local update site into Eclipse 3.4Unzip the file into a new directory. Open the Software Updates... dialog from the Help menu. Open the Available Software tab, click the Add Site... button and add a Local site pointing to where you unzipped the file. Select all the components, click Next and follow the wizard.This will copy the files into your eclipse features and plugins directories. Option 2. Using a local update site into Eclipse 3.5 & 3.6Unzip the file into a new directory. Open the Help > Install New Software... dialog. Click the Add... button to open the Add Site dialog and add a Local site pointing to where you unzipped the file and click OK. Un-check Group items by category. Select all the components and click Next and follow the wizard. This will copy the files into your eclipse features and plugins directories. After a successfull intall, re-start Eclipse and Activate the product.
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Installing from ZIP file into Eclipse (prior to 3.4), Rational Application Developer 6.0 (not 7.0) |
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Download and unzip the ZIP file for either Eclipse 2.1, Eclipse 3.0, Eclipse 3.1, Eclipse 3.2 or Eclipse 3.3 into your Eclipse root directory while making sure to preserve the folder structure within the ZIP file. This will add the product features and plug-ins to your Eclipse features and plug-in directories. Note that if you are installing into Rational Application Developer 7.0, you must use the full installer or follow these alternate instructions for installing the ZIP file. If you are installing into Eclipse 3.0, you should also delete your <Eclipse>/configuration directory before re-starting Eclipse (it is recreated at startup). This is to avoid a common Eclipse 3.x plugin cache bug. The Full Installer can do this for you automatically. If you are installing into Eclipse 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3, delete everything in the "configuration" directory except the config.ini file and the org.eclipse.update/platform.xml file (Eclipse 3.2 and above). You should also keep your org.eclipse.update/bookmarks.xml file (Eclipse 3.1 and above) in order to preserve your update site bookmarks. If you would rather unzip into a location external to Eclipse, select a location and create a "Designer" directory with an "eclipse" subdirectory. As an example, you might end up with the following directory structure.
After creating this nested directory structure, unzip the ZIP file into the "eclipse" subdirectory while making sure to preserve the folder structure within the ZIP file. This will add add "features" and "plugins" subdirectories to the "eclipse" directory which will in turn hold the product feature and plugin directories. Next, you will need to create an ".eclipseextension" file within the "Designer/eclipse" directory. This file should contain the following lines:
Finally, you will need to manually create a file titled "com.instantiations.designer.link" in your main <Eclipse>/links directory that contains a single line specifying the full path to the main product directory (e.g., the directory containing the "eclipse" subdirectory). For example:
Note that if you use the Designer installer and choose the default installation location, the installer will create multiple link files that looks like the following:
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Installing from ZIP file into RAD 7.0 |
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Choose a location external to Eclipse, create a "Designer" directory with an "eclipse" subdirectory. As an example, you might end up with the following directory structure.
After creating this nested directory structure, unzip the ZIP file into the "eclipse" subdirectory while making sure to preserve the folder structure within the ZIP file. This will add add "features" and "plugins" subdirectories to the "eclipse" directory which will in turn hold the product feature and plugin directories. Next, you will need to create an ".eclipseextension" file within the "Designer/eclipse" directory. This file should contain the following lines:
Start the IDE and go to Help > Software Updates > Manage
Configuration. Click Add an Extension Location and browse to
the Designer/eclipse directory created earlier and click OK.
Select Yes when asked to restart the IDE.
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Product Registration and Activation |
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After installing the product, you need to activate it. Open the WindowBuilder > Common > License preference page and click the Registration and Activation button to open the Activation Wizard.
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