Question

I have created a minimal RCP project with the Hello World example. I have selected Eclipse as the target platform since I want to modify the eclipse workbench (with the Hello World, Command example).

I have added the extension org.eclipse.core.runtime.products where I have specified:

ID: testID
name: Bob

On this extension I have right-clicked and also created a new product with:

application*: test.product2
name*: name

I have run this plugin and verified that it prints “Hello, Eclipse world ” when I press the button.

Next I have created a new Product configuration and added it to the PDE project folder.

On the overview pane I have kept the default settings:

ID: testID
Product: org.eclipse.platform.ide
Application: org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench

On the Dependencies pane I have pressed “Add required plugin-ins”. But when I run the product (pressing the green play button) I get the error:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Application “org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench” could not be found in the registry. The applications available are: org.eclipse.equinox.app.error.

Any ideas on how to create this minimal product?

Answer 1

Did you press synchronize before launching your product, as described in the RCP tutorial?

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On the overview tab press synchronize and then press “Launch an Eclipse application”.
Synchronize will align your product configuration with the launch configuration.