big problem with connection for Eclipse

[Carlos]

HI everybody:

I cant create the link connection for Eclipse.

I use EA 4.51  and eclipse 3.0 in Windows 2000 professional Service  Pack 4.

When i try the connection Eclipse Opens but in the dialog box of connection only appears another dialog box whit "Eclipse not yet loaded... Continue trying? : [YES] [NO]"... well i click in "Yes" but only shows the same message.

I very gratefully for your help.

[Takeshi K]

Hello Carlos,

Basically, there are two reasons to show the dialog:

1. Plug-in isn't installed correctly
2. You don't use Eclipse SDK, but use Eclipse runtime binary, etc.

Hope this helps.

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t-kouno

[Carlos]

Thank's for your help but i use Eclipse SDK and i reinstalll four times the MDG link...

here is some pictures:
STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3: I select the workspace

STEP 4

STEP 5: Eclipse is on but noconnect with EA  ???

[fwoolz]

Carlos,

I have had this happen as well, but found if you click on "Si" often enough it finally takes.

Cheers,
Fred Woolsey

[fwoolz]

Also, if Eclipse is already up and running, I don't get the "...continue waiting?" dialog.

[Carlos]

Hi, fred

I click in "SI", but nothing happens, because again show me the dialog box: "... continue waitting?"

[Goarnisson]

Don't know if it will help you but u must have Eclipse running (a project open) before make "Open link>Eclipse"from EA.

If not, EA can't propose you project to work with.


Guillaume G.

[Christopher Pierce]

I was having the same problem using EA 5.0 and Eclipse 3.0.2.

Basically, I did what the readme.txt said and just droped the jar file in the eclipse plugin directory, but eclipse wasn't loading it, therefore EA couldn't connect to it.

What I did was create an Eclipse extension point and put the plugin there.
Under the "C:\Program Files\Sparx Systems\MDG Link" (you could really put it anywhere), I created the following directory structure:

eclipse_extension/
eclipse_extension/eclipse/
eclipse_extension/eclipse/plugins/

in this "eclipse" directory,  I created a file called ".eclipseextension", and put the following lines in it:

name=Sparx MDG Eclipse Link
id=org.sparx.mdg
version=1.0.19

I then placed the org.sparx.mdg.eclipse_1.0.19.jar file into this plugins directory.

Next, I started Eclipse, and from the menu, I when to
Help->Software Updates->Manage Configuration...

I clicked the "Add an Extension Location" link, and selected the "eclipse_extension" directory I just created.

Eclipse rebooted, and at that point, everything worked.