Re: [udig-devel] dynamic addition of tools in the toolbar

[Vincent Nouguier <v.nouguier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I currently the SDK, so a new release would be better for me.
Thanks,

Vincent

Jesse Eichar wrote:

> Ok I see the problem.  There are a few problems currently that need to 
> be fixed.  Do you need a release to develop against or can I just fix 
> the source code and you can check that out from the repository?
>
> Jesse
>
> Vincent Nouguier wrote:
>
> > Dear Jesse,
> >
> > First, sorry for this late reply, I add to work on another project.
> >
> > I have a problem while applying your solution, I get a null reference 
> > when I invoke the getTool() with categoryID and toolID. I had a look 
> > in the ToolManager code and I think that the addToModalCategory() and 
> > addToMenuCategory() methods simply does not add the new ToolProxy 
> > when the attribute "onToolbar" is false. Thus, It is impossible to 
> > retrieve the action.
> >
> > I have another problem with your proposed solution. As far as I 
> > understand, I will be able to "activate" a tool that is declared in a 
> > plugin through its plugin.xml descriptor. What I would like is to be 
> > able a tool that is unknown at start-up. In order you better 
> > understand what I would like to do, I will precise here what I expect 
> > to do:
> >
> > 1) a thread is running, looking for files.
> > 2) A first file is found. It is parsed to get the path of a external 
> > executable. A new Tool button appears on the GUI. When the user 
> > clicks the button, the executable is started.
> > 3) A second file is found. It is parsed to get the path of a external 
> > executable. A second new Tool button appears on the GUI. When the 
> > user clicks the button, this second executable is started.
> > 4) etc.
> >
> > So I can't create the tools at start-up because I don't how many 
> > tools there will be.
> >
> > Thanks for your help
> >
> > Vincent
> >
> >
> > Jesse Eichar wrote:
> >
> > > This is on the list of features for 1.1 but for 1.0.x you will have 
> > > to do some hacking.
> > > (This is pseudocode so it will take some tweaking)
> > > 1. Define your tool as not on Toolbar.  This will allow you tool get 
> > > the ToolProxy from the ToolManager but it won't be on the toolbar.
> > > 2. When you want to add the tool you have to get the ToolManager: 
> > > ProjectUIPlugin.getDefault().getToolManager.getTool().  This returns 
> > > an action you can add to the Toolbar.
> > > 3. Add the tool to the toolbar by getting the MapEditor's 
> > > EditorSite.getActionBars().getCoolbar().add(tool).
> > > 4. The MapEditor editor site can be obtained by: 
> > > PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActivePage().getActiveEditor().getEditorSite() 
> > > (Assuming the editor is the active editor).
> > >
> > > Hope this helps. Jesse
> > >
> > >
> > > Vincent Nouguier wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I would like to add new tool buttons in the toolbar at runtime. The 
> > > > addition of the button is started by an external event. This event 
> > > > contains information for the GUI (an icon and a label) and 
> > > > information about what has to be done when the button is pressed. I 
> > > > don't know at startup how many buttons (and when) have to be 
> > > > integrated.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to integrate tools during execution ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > Vincent
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