Corrections so you can work with Eclipse plug-in development
Click the read more for corrections to Brian Leonard's excellent article on implementing Eclipse plugins for Notes 8.
Brian's clearly got something besides beta 2 installed in something other than the standard location. So I used my extremely generic fresh install.
Start the Eclipse IDE and set the target platform by doing the following:
1. Choose Window - Preferences.
2. Expand Plug-in Development.
3. Select Target Platform.
4. In the Location edit control, type c:\program files\ibm\lotus\notes\framework\eclipse
5. Click the Reload button, and then click OK.
Next, you create an additional installed JRE:
1. Choose Window - Preferences.
2. Expand Java.
3. Select Installed JREs.
4. Click Add.
5. For JRE name, enter a name of Notes JRE.
6. Enter C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes\framework\rcp\eclipse\plugins\com.ibm.rcp.j2se.win32.x86_1.5.0.SR2-200703011549 for the JRE Home Directory.
Next, you create a new runtime configuration by following these steps:
1. Choose Run - Run, and then select Eclipse Application.
2. Right-click and choose New.
3. Enter a name (for example, Notes).
4. Under Program to Run, select Run a product, and then select com.ibm.notes.branding.notes.
5. In the Runtime JRE, select Notes JRE.
6. In the Arguments tab, enter the following in the Program arguments text box:
-personality com.ibm.rcp.platform.personality
-product com.ibm.notes.branding.notes
-debug
-console
Enter these arguments in the VM arguments text box. (NOTE: Make sure you erase any parameters that are already there. If you leave existing arguments in, you're likely to break the syntax. I spent an hour discovering this.)
-Xshareclasses
-Drcp.home=${rcp.home}
-Dcom.ibm.rcp.install.id=${install_id}
-Drcp.install.config=user
-Dosgi.install.area=${rcp.home}\eclipse
-Dcom.ibm.pvc.osgiagent.core.logfileloc=${rcp.home}\rcp
-Dcom.ibm.pvc.webcontainer.port=0
-Declipse.pluginCustomization=${rcp.home}\rcp\plugin_customization.ini
-Declipse.registry.nulltoken=true
-Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=com.ibm.net.ssl.www.protocol
-Djava.util.logging.config.class=com.ibm.rcp.core.internal.logger.boot.LoggerConfig
-Dosgi.hook.configurators.exclude=org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLogHook
-Dosgi.framework.extensions=com.ibm.rcp.core.logger.frameworkhook
-Xbootclasspath/a:${rcp.home}\rcp\eclipse\plugins\com.ibm.rcp.base_${rcp.base_version}\rcpbootcp.jar;
Next, follow these steps to complete the runtime configuration:
1. Click Variables, click Edit Variables, and then click New.
2. Enter rcp.home for the name.
3. Enter C:\Progra~1\IBM\Lotus\Notes\framework, and then click OK.
4. Click Variables, click Edit Variables, and then click New.
5. Enter rcp.base_version for the name.
6. Enter 6.1.1.200703011549, and then click OK.
7. Click Variables, click Edit Variables, and then click New.
8. Enter install_id for the name.
9. Enter the random number for the value (that is, 1149682348828), and then click OK. For example, if Notes data is located at C:\Documents and Settings\bleonard\IBM\RCP\1149682348828, then the random number is 1149682348828.
10. Click OK and then Cancel to the select variable dialog box (if you click OK to select variable, it will add the variable at the insertion point).
To enable Notes security from the IDE, you need to uncomment two lines. In C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes\framework\shared\eclipse\plugins\com.ibm.notes.branding_3.0.0.20070307-1430\notes_plugin_customization.ini, uncomment the following two lines by removing the leading # character:
#com.ibm.rcp.security.auth/loginEnabled=true
#com.ibm.rcp.security.auth/loginConfigName=NOTES
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