Eclipse RCP

The following instructions describe how to set up the Eclipse E4 RCP Integration Demo.

Set up Eclipse to develop JavaFX

We recommend to install an all-in-one download , that provides preconfigured packages for developing Eclipse E4 RCP applications with JavaFX. It may be necessary to additionally install the latest updates: Click on Help and select Check for Updates .
Alternatively you can assemble your own e(fx)clipse installation based on Eclipse SDK by following the instructions on e(fx)clipse .

Import the Eclipse RCP Integration Demo in your workspace

Start your Eclipse IDE.
Click on File and select Import .
Choose Existing Projects into Workspace which is located under General and click Next .
In Select root directory , browse to your yFiles installation folder and select the folder demos/src-eclipsercp/integration/eclipsercp .

Enable development of yFiles for JavaFX in Eclipse

Copy your license file into the src folder of the demo project.
Copy the yfiles-for-javafx.jar that is located in the lib directory of your yFiles for JavaFX installation into the lib folder of the demo project.
Open the product file com.yworks.yEdLite.product within Eclipse.
Select the Contents tab and click on Add Required Plug-ins .

Starting the demo

Open the product file com.yworks.yEdLite.product within Eclipse again.
Select the Overview tab and click on Launch an Eclipse application or Launch an Eclipse application in Debug mode .

How to run the demo on Linux

To run the demo on Linux you should

either add an environment variable SWT_GTK3 with value 0 : open the Run Configurations dialog, select the Environment tab and add the new variable. See Eclipse Forum .
Or use at least Java 9 as execution environment: open the com.yworks.yEdLite.product file, select the Lauching tab and choose at least Java 9 as Execution Environment .