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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!-- Simple Cheat Sheet -->
<cheatsheet title="Define a feature based product">
<!-- Introduction -->
<intro href="/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/reference/ref-cheatsheets.htm">
<description>
This cheat sheet will demonstrate how to define a feature based product
configuration using a plug-in based one and create a feature 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.
<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 title="Switch to a feature based product configuration"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/overview.htm"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
Select the <b>Overview tab to display the Overview
page if it is not the initial page.
<br/>
<br/>
To switch to a feature based product configuration,
select the <b>features radio button under the Product Definition heading.
<br/>
<br/>
Select <b>File->Save from the main menu.
</description>
</item>
<item title="Create the feature"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/project_wizards/new_feature_project.htm"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
To create the feature, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the "Configuration" tab to display the "Configuration" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the "New Feature..." button under the "Features" heading"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input "com.example.feature" into the "Project Name" text box on the "Feature Properties" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input "RCP Application Feature" into the "Feature Name" text box and click "Next >""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the "com.example.rcpapp" checkbox on the "Refererenced Plug-ins and Fragements" page and click "Finish""
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Add a feature description and license agreement"
dialog="false"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/feature_editor/information.htm"
skip="false">
<description>
The <b>com.example.rcpapp feature editor should be opened
on the <b>Overview page.
<br/>
<br/>
To add a feature description and license agreement, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the "Information" tab"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input "RCP application feature description" into the "Text" dialog box within the "Feature Description" tab"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the "License Agreement" tab within the "Information" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input "RCP application license agreement" into the "Text" dialog box"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select "File->Save" from the main menu"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Add features to the product configuration"
dialog="true"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/product_editor/configuration.htm"
skip="false">
<description>
To add features to the product configuration, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the "rcpapp.product" tab in the workbench to return back to the product editor (opened on the "Configuration" page)"
skip="false">
<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.rcpapp/rcpapp.product)" required="false" translate="" />
</subitem>
<subitem label="Click the "Add..." button under the "Features" heading"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the "org.eclipse.rcp" feature within the "Feature Selection" dialog box and click "OK""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select "File->Save" from the main menu"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Export the feature based product"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/export_wizards/export_product.htm"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
To export the feature based product, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select the "Overview" tab to display the "Overview" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Click the "Eclipse Product export wizard" hyperlink under the "Exporting" heading to launch the "Export" dialog box"
skip="false">
<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.file.export(exportWizardId=org.eclipse.pde.ui.productExportWizard)" required="false" translate="" />
</subitem>
<subitem label="Input "rcpapp_feature-based" in the "Root directory" text box contained in the "Product Configuration" group"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Input a destination directory in the "Directory" text box under the "Destination" group (e.g. "C:\" for Windows) and click "Finish""
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Browse the exported feature based product directory"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
To browse the exported feature based product directory, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Navigate your file system to the destination directory specified in the previous step (e.g. "C:\" for Windows)"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Note the presence of the "rcpapp_feature-based" directory in the destination directory and open it"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Note the presence of the "com.example.rcpapp" plug-in along with other RCP plug-ins it depends upon within the "plugins" sub-directory"
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Note the presence of the "com.example.rcpapp" feature and "org.eclipse.rcp" feature within the "features" sub-directory"
skip="true"/>
<subitem label="Note the "rcpapp" launcher with a branded icon ("rcpapp.exe" on Windows)"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Run the "rcpapp" launcher"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Observe the feature based RCP application you created that is fully executable outside the Eclipse workspace"
skip="true"/>
</item>
</cheatsheet>
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