Installation feedback - Design editor visibility

[smurfy]

IDE setup: MyEclipse 5.0M1 running on Eclipse 3.2RC6

I have been playing with jBPM for a number of days and have experienced problems launching the jbpm designer/editor by double-clicking the gpd.xml file - some gpd.xml files will launch the designer, yet others would not.

I discovered, after many frustrating hours of digging around, etc., that .xml file extensions within Eclipse where not automatically associated with the jbpm designers/editors during the installation. So to save you all the same frustrations here are the simple steps to configure Eclipse should you come across this problem yourselves:

1. From the Eclipse file menu select Window > Preferences
2. In the Preferences dialog box expand the directory tree to locate the Eclipse file associations (General > Editors > File Associations)
3. Highlight *.xml and select the Add button
4. In the Editor Selector dialog box select the Internal Editors radio button and locate/select the jBPM Graphical Process Designer. Press OK button.
5. Repeat step 4 for the jBPM Pageflow Designer

Finally you will need to associate the respective gpd.xml file with the jBPM editor by right-clicking the file and selecting the editor via the 'Open With' option.

Thereafter double-clicking the file will automatically launch the editor. Hope this helps...

[koen.aers]

Thanks for the feedback.

Note that this is only necessary if you have MyEclipse installed because some plug-in in MyEclipse hijacks the *.xml file extension.

Regards,
Koen

[brownge]

Thanks for helping me fix the editor visibility problem. I was struggling with that issue for a couple of hours. I followed your instructions but I did it a little differently. I associated gpd.xml with the jbpm Graphical Process Designer. I'm guessing that approach will not interfere with the xml file associations in other plug-ins and perspectives. Thanks again.