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This page describes how one can add a new tool window to the interface.
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{{Warning|This page has been deprecate due to changes in tool development in EiffelStudio 6.1. Please see [[Tool Integration Development]]}}
  
1. Install Eiffel Studio and download Eiffel Studio SVN source codes. Compile the Eiffel Studio project.
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==  There are some advanced topics: ==
  
2. Now we start to make our brand new "Hello World Tool" for Eiffel Studio.
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*Memory handling for our tool
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*Add a mini tool bar to our tool
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*Internationalization support
  
3. Create a cluster where you decide to put our "Hello World Tool" classes, as you seen in figure 1, we decide make a new cluster "hello_world_tool" under cluster /interface/new_graphical.
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Please see [[How_to_add_a_tool_to_Eiffel_Studio_advance|How to add a tool to Eiffel Studio advance]]
 
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[[Image:How to add a tool to Eiffel Studio figure 1.png]]
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4. Create our key class "EB_HELLO_WORLD_TOOL" under "hello_world_tool" which is just created. Make sure "EB_TOOL" is our new class ancestor. The steps are shown in figure 2.
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[[Image:How to add a tool to Eiffel Studio figure 2.png]]
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5. Simple implement our EB_HELLO_WORLD_TOOL features which we have to implemented. The steps are shown in figure 3.
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[[Image:How to add a tool to Eiffel Studio figure 3.png]]
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6. Simple implement something to make EB_HELLO_WORLD_TOOL works at runtime. The steps are shown in figure 4.
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[[Image:How to add a tool to Eiffel Studio figure 4.png]]
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7. Add our Hello World tool related features into EB_DEVELOPMENT_WINDOW_TOOLS. The steps are shown in figure 5.
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[[Image:How to add a tool to Eiffel Studio figure 5.png]]
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8. Add initialization codes for our Hello World tool when starting Eiffel Studio. The steps are shown in figure 6 and figure 7.
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[[Image:How to add a tool to Eiffel Studio figure 6.png]]
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[[Image:How to add a tool to Eiffel Studio figure 7.png]]
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We should handle memory issues for our tool, see this page.
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If you want to add a mini tool bar, see this page.
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You want to have internalization language support, see this page.
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Latest revision as of 12:29, 13 August 2007

Warning.png Warning: This page has been deprecate due to changes in tool development in EiffelStudio 6.1. Please see Tool Integration Development

There are some advanced topics:

  • Memory handling for our tool
  • Add a mini tool bar to our tool
  • Internationalization support

Please see How to add a tool to Eiffel Studio advance