Re: EOGenerator reference

From: Mike Schrag (mschra..dimension.com)
Date: Tue Jul 11 2006 - 10:16:16 EDT

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    Actually, I didn't even consider doing this for template folders
    (mainly because are never project-relative -- just didn't occur to
    me). So what you're saying is you want the same auto-relative-path
    conversion on template path so you can have project-relative
    templates, correct?

    ms

    On Jul 11, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Pierre Frisch wrote:

    > Hi Mike,
    >
    > I think you miss one. It works for the model reference, but not for
    > the template reference (template folder). At least it does not
    > appears to change in the UI.
    >
    > Pierre
    >
    > On 9-Jul-06, at 1:27 PM, Mike Schrag wrote:
    >
    >> For the moment, I've made it so that when it makes sense to use a
    >> relative path, it will do so (i.e. if there is overlap between the
    >> model path and your workspace path, it will become a relative
    >> path). If you have an absolute path that has no overlap (i.e. /
    >> Library/Frameworks/etc) then it will remain an absolute path.
    >> This is not optimal, but it should be a little smarter than
    >> before. Longer term we can add variable support.
    >>
    >> If you have absolute paths in your model now, you can open them
    >> and resave them and they'll turn into the new style (you should
    >> actually see the new style in the editor itself when you open it).
    >>
    >> ms
    >>
    >> On Jul 3, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Pierre Frisch wrote:
    >>
    >>> Is there some global eclipse variable that refer to the
    >>> workspace? I am not proficient enough in eclipse internal but it
    >>> should be possible to recognize that the start of the path is
    >>> equal to the workspace path and switch to relative path or
    >>> replace the workspace part of the path by a substitution variable.
    >>>
    >>> I think that the best would be to have something like $
    >>> {workspace}/DatabaseTypes/Resources/Prototypes.eomodeld if this
    >>> is possible within the eclipse framework. Relative path are good
    >>> too but they are a little less expressive.
    >>>
    >>> The relative path does not work with the current version of wolips.
    >>>
    >>> Thanks
    >>>
    >>> Pierre
    >>>
    >>> On 3-Jul-06, at 9:54 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> Yeah, I know .. This is a weird problem, actually. I'm open for
    >>>> suggestions. Technically, yes, you can edit the text file
    >>>> underneath and make it a relative path -- I think it evaluates
    >>>> relative to the project path? You might have to test that one.
    >>>>
    >>>> We need to be able to support paths to /Library/Frameworks/
    >>>> whatever as well as project paths. I'm thinking if the path you
    >>>> choose is beneath your workspace folder, then it should switch
    >>>> over to relative paths.
    >>>>
    >>>> ms
    >>>>
    >>>> On Jul 3, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Pierre Frisch wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>> Is there a way to reference a Prototype model without embedding
    >>>>> the workspace path in the eogen file? Can I use relative path?
    >>>>>
    >>>>> I would rather not have in my project:
    >>>>> /Users/pierre/Projects/workspace/DatabaseTypes/Resources/
    >>>>> Prototypes.eomodeld
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Thanks
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Pierre
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>
    >



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