Generating an Installer
BusinessWorks Plug-in Development Kit can package a created plug-in as a P2 update site.
- Procedure
- Open the BusinessWorks Plug-in Development Kit wizard in one of the following ways:
From the menu, click File > New > Create a new or modify a BusinessWorks Plug-in project.On the toolbar, click
.
Press Alt+T. - In the Get Started dialog box, Click Build an Update Site for a BW6 Palette.
- In the
BW6 Plug-in Information dialog box, provide the information for
Plug-in Properties File.
- Click
Browse to locate the
bw6_devkit_configuration.properties file that is located in the created project folder.
The paths for Model Project Path, Design Project Path, Runtime Project Path, and Output Location will be automatically selected. You can change the path for all of them. But it is recommended not to change the paths.
- Click Finish to package the plug-in.
ResultThe following folders and scripts are generated in the output folder:
- The doc folder contains a documentation template generated according to the created palette and activity. You can update this template and use it as the online help for the created activities. See Creating Documentation for more details.
- The
ePass folder contains the bwce runtime
zipfile for the plug-in which you have created. - The
exportedFeatures folder contains the bundles that the newly added source build produces.
Note: These files can be used for troubleshooting purposes only.
- The
p2Installer folder contains a P2 update site.
You can use this installer to install the created palette in TIBCO Business Studio by using Eclipse Update Manager.
- The installation and uninstallation scripts for palette runtime: rinstall.sh, rinstall.bat, runinstall.sh, and runinstall.bat
For more information on installing and uninstalling the palette runtime, see Installing and Uninstalling a Created Plug-in in Studio and Installing and Uninstalling Runtime from Command Line
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