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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!-- Simple Cheat Sheet -->
<cheatsheet title="Customize a product">
<!-- Introduction -->
<intro href="/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/reference/ref-cheatsheets.htm">
<description>
This cheat sheet will demonstrate how to add window images,
add a splash screen and customize a launcher for an RCP
application using PDE.
<br/>
<br/>
To learn more about using cheat sheets, click the help button
in the top right corner (?).
</description>
</intro>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Open the plug-in development perspective"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/views/views.htm"
dialog="false"
skip="false">
<description>
To open the plug-in development perspective,
select <b>Window->Open Perspective->Other...
and choose <b>Plug-in Development.
<br/>
<br/>
Alternatively, click the following button to perform the task.
</description>
<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.perspectives.showPerspective(org.eclipse.ui.perspectives.showPerspective.perspectiveId=org.eclipse.pde.ui.PDEPerspective)" required="false" translate="" />
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Open the product editor"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/editor.htm"
dialog="false"
skip="false">
<description>
To open the product editor (if it is not already open),
expand the <b>com.example.rcpapp tree dialog
in the <b>Package Explorer view and double-click
on the <b>rcpapp.product file (the Overview page
should be open initially).
<br/>
<br/>
Alternatively, click the following button to perform the task.
</description>
<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.rcpapp/rcpapp.product)" required="false" translate="" />
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Add window images"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/branding.htm"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
To add window images, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the "Branding" tab within the product editor to display the "Branding" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Click the "Browse" button adjacent to the "16x16" text box under the "Window Images" heading"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Fully expand the "com.example.rcpapp" tree in the "Image Selection" dialog box and select "alt_window_16.gif" and click "OK""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Click the "Browse" button adjacent to the "32x32" text box under the "Window Images" heading"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Fully expand the "com.example.rcpapp" tree in the "Image Selection" dialog box and select "alt_window_32.gif" and click "OK""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select "File->Save" from the main menu"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Test the RCP product"
dialog="false"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/overview.htm"
skip="false">
<description>
To test the RCP product,
perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the "Overview" tab within the product editor to display the "Overview" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Click the "Launch an Eclipse Application" hyperlink under the "Testing" heading"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Note the image in the window title bar (if applicable on your platform)"
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Exit the RCP application"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Add a splash screen"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/splash.htm"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
To add a splash screen, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the "Splash" tab within the product editor to display the "Splash" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Click the "Browse..." button adjacent to the "Plug-in" text box under the "Location" heading"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the "com.example.rcpapp" entry in the "Plug-in Selection" dialog box and click "OK""
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Select "File->Save" from the main menu"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Note: Eclipse expects a file called "splash.bmp" to be located in the root of the specified plug-in"
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Locate the "splash.bmp" file located in the "icons" directory under the "com.example.rcpapp" project within the "Package Explorer view""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Right-click on the "splash.bmp" file and select "Refactor->Move..." from the context menu"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select "com.example.rcpapp" from the "Move" dialog box and click "OK""
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Test the RCP product"
dialog="false"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/overview.htm"
skip="false">
<description>
To test the RCP product,
perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the "Overview" tab within the product editor to display the "Overview" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Click the "Launch an Eclipse Application" hyperlink under the "Testing" heading"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Note the splash screen displayed before the RCP application window is visible"
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Exit the RCP application"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Customize the launcher"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/launcher.htm"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
We will walk through this task assuming we are working on a Windows
platform (Similar steps may be followed for other platforms).
<br/>
<br/>
To customize the launcher, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the "Launcher" tab within the product editor to display the "Launcher" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input "rcpapp" into the "Launcher Name" text box under the "Program Launcher" heading"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the "win32" tab under the "Program Launcher" heading"
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Select the "Use a single ICO file containing 7 images as specified above" radio button"
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Click the "Browse..." button adjacent to the "File" text box"
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Fully expand the "com.example.rcpapp" tree in the "Image Selection" dialog box and select "alt_launcher.ico" and click "OK""
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Select "File->Save" from the main menu"
skip="false"/>
</item>
</cheatsheet>
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