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IBM RSA rational software architect eclipse plugin rename change project location

Nov 26

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This one evaded me at first and is very simple. Experienced Eclipse users are already familiar with its’ small intricacies, but for a Microsoft Visual Studio Developer who is not on Eclipse often, it is easy to forget your way weaving through the maze of perspectives, windows and views.

Lets say you created a new model, and accidentally placed it in the wrong location.

I’ve used Eclipse quite a bit in the past with PHP, so my first thought was to simply “refactor”/”move”. However, this would not solve my problem.

The resolution is quite simple. First, right click on the project, close it, then delete it.

After deleting. Select file->import->existing projects into workspace->(next).

Browse to the new root location and then continue through (finish).

That’s it! Hope this helped! 8)

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Call Cancel from Custom Action in .Net Windows Installer Project

Jun 20

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As an alternative to using the “Rollback” or “InstallException” approach, simply use pinvoke/interop to call the cancel button on the base installer form directly.

(see my related post for more detail and full code)

ShowWindow(msiwindowhandle, ShowWindowCommands.Show);
                IntPtr cancelbuttonhandle;
                const int BM_CLICK = 0x00F5;
                msiwindowhandle = FindWindow("#32770", InstallTitle);
                cancelbuttonhandle = FindWindowEx(msiwindowhandle, IntPtr.Zero, "Button", "Cancel");
                SetActiveWindow(msiwindowhandle); //necessary for button click to fire
                SendMessage(cancelbuttonhandle, BM_CLICK, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);

References
https://ronniediaz.com/2011/06/20/the-savedstate-dictionary-does-not-contain-the-expected-values-and-might-have-been-corrupted/

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