Installing Corticon Studio plugins into an existing Eclipse
These instructions apply when you want to install Corticon functionality into an installed Eclipse IDE. The technique uses a script to install plugins into an installed Eclipse 4.3.1 or 4.3.2 development environment.
1. A Java Software Development Kit (JDK) is required for Corticon, not just a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). If you do not have one installed locally, download and install a 1.6 or higher (1.7 preferred) version of the same bit-width as the existing Eclipse from the Oracle Java website http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java
Note: For the installation of the Corticon Studio plugins, you can use the JRE that Eclipse is using. In Eclipse, choose Window > Preferences, then select Java > Installed JREs.
2. Download and perform a standard installation of Corticon Studio into a clean directory on the target machine. This installation will provide the script and the required files for the integration into your target Eclipse location.
3. In a Command Prompt window at the Corticon Studio's [CORTICON_HOME]/Studio location, check to see whether JAVA_HOME is set. If not, set JAVA_HOME to the JDK root. For example: set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.7u67_64
4. Confirm that neither the installed Corticon Studio or the target Eclipse are running.
5. In the Command Prompt, run the integration script in the form:
integrateCorticon.bat –install eclipse_target
where eclipse_target is the root directory of the target Eclipse installation.
Eclipse installs its required plug-ins.
6. To ensure that Corticon Ruletests can locate javac to compile rules, add the path of the JDK to your PATH as the default Java to use. For example:
set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%
7. Specify the Corticon work directory, the folder where you want Corticon to write its log and other temporary files. For example:
set CORTICON_WORK_DIR=c:\corticon_work_dir
8. When the script successfully completes, restart the Eclipse session, and then verify the installation by selecting the menu command Help > About Eclipse. Click Installation Details to confirm that Progress Corticon Feature is installed.
9. Open a project, and then run a Ruletest. A successful run indicates that the Java compiler is being accessed correctly.
The integrateCorticon script enables other functions:
COMMAND SYNTAX AND OTHER OPTIONS ================================ Usage: integrateCorticon [OPTION] [TARGET_ECLIPSE] Manage installation of Corticon plugins in an Eclipse install -install Install Corticon plugins in TARGET_ECLIPSE -uninstall Uninstall Corticon plugins from TARGET_ECLIPSE -update Update Corticon plugins in TARGET_ECLIPSE -updateParams Update Corticon plugins parameters in TARGET_ECLIPSE -help Display this message
