Annexes : Configuring Rational Rhapsody for Eclipse

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To examine the features of an Eclipse configuration in Rational® Rhapsody®:

  1. Right-click the Eclipse configuration in the Rational Rhapsody browser.
  2. Select Features from the menu to display this window. This version of the Features window contains the IDE , Tags, Properties, and Settings tabs for use with Workbench projects.
  3. The IDE tab provides two important features:
    • Open in IDE launches Eclipse with the corresponding project or simply bring the IDE forward.
    • Build configuration in IDE sets the build to be performed via the IDE (by sending a request to the IDE)
  4. However, if you want to perform the build in Rational Rhapsody, use the Settings tab to make the build selections.
  5. Generally, you do not need to change the values for the Tags , unless you change the IDEWorkspace directory location . In that case, you must make the change to the path in the window and click OK.

Rational Rhapsody tags for the Eclipse configuration

After creating an Eclipse configuration, the IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® model elements are coupled with an Eclipse-based project. The definition of the Eclipse project is stored in Rational Rhapsody in these Tags (displayed in the browser):

  • IDEName is the name of the type of integrated development environment (for example, Eclipse, Workbench).
  • IDEProject is the project name entered while creating the Eclipse configuration.
  • IDEWorkspace is the workspace directory for the Eclipse-based project.

The values of the tags are set automatically after the IDE project is created or mapped to the configuration. You do not need to modify the values of these tags, unless you change the IDE workspace location in the file system. If you make that change, then you must update the IDEWorkspace tag manually. For instructions to make this change if necessary, see Configuring Rational Rhapsody for Eclipse .