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WDK Developer Help integration with Eclipse IDE

December 2005
Contributed by - Lani Hardage-Vergeer from EMC Documentum Tech Pubs

Software Environment

FeatureTested on
Operating SystemWindows 2000 Server SP4
CompilerSun JDK 1.4.2_08
RuntimeSun JRE 1.4.2_08
DFC 5.3 SP1
WDK5.3 SP1
Eclipse3.0.x,3.1

Abstract

This plugin integrates WDK Customization and Configuration guides with the Eclipse IDE Help system.

Description

The WDK documentation guides have been converted to a format that can be integrated with the Eclipse IDE Help system. Thus, documentation can be read by clicking on Help->Help Contents menu item and then expanding the 'WDK Development' tree node from the table of contents. The documentation contains the WDK Customization and Configuration guides.

Help Window

Fig - WDK Documentation in the Eclipse Help

Installation and Configuration

  • Download the WDK Developer Help Eclipse plugin
  • Unzip it to ECLIPSE_HOME/plugins
  • (Re)Start Eclipse IDE
  • Click on Help-Help Contents. The help should be available as a new entry 'WDK Development' in the table of contents.


Note:The WDK Eclipse Plugin is not a requirement to install this developer help plugin. Both the plugins can work independently of each other.