Previewing an update site

Update site created by PDE wizard can be previewed in-place using update manager. Of course, the archives that update manager expects must be built first and the update map file must be set up correctly

Example: building and previewing the sample update site

Using the update site created by the 'New' wizard, edit the site map file using the PDE update site editor as follows:

  1. In the Description page, define a category as follows: 'sample' for name, 'Sample Category' for label and some free text for the description.
  2. In the Build page, press the Add... button in the Features To Build section and check the only feature listed in the wizard (com.example.feature). Press Finish.
  3. Once the feature entry appears in the list, check the checkbox.
  4. In the Features page, verify that there is an entry named features/com.example.feature_1.2.2.jar. Select it and when 'Sample Category' appears in the list of categories, check it.
  5. Save the editor.
  6. Switch to the Build page again and press the Rebuild All button. There should be archives appearing in the features and plugins folders at the end of the build.
  7. Select Help>Software Updates>Update Manager from the main menu.
  8. Drill down from My Computer in the Updates view to the location of your workspace. Your update project should have a distinct update site icon. When you expand it, you should see 'Sample Category' object. When you expand the category, you should see 'Sample Feature'.

 
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