Koders Eclipse Plugin FAQ (locked)

Q1: Why can’t I install the plugin using the Eclipse Update Manager?

Problem 1: If running XP or Eclipse using a different locale, The Koders Plugin may fail to install. The Koders Plugin locale is currently English specific, but this will be fixed in the next release as Koders supports locales other than English.

Solution 1: For this release, please deselect the option “Ignore features not applicable to this environment” found on the bottom of the “Update sites to visit” dialog box during an Eclipse Update Manager feature installation.

Problem 2: If you previously experienced a problem using the Update Manager to install the Eclipse plugin, where you got an error similar to “Error parsing site stream. [Document root element is missing.]” after adding a new remote site, please try again as noted below.

Solution 2: Use the latest Koders Eclipse Plugin version 1.0.740 just releasesd on Aug 1, 2007. The Update Manager url is http://www.koders.com/downloads/EclipseUpdateManager/beta/site.xml. The reason for the error was that Eclipse fails to detect the proper content type for XML files that have a UTF-8 byte order mark if Crimson is the XML parser as in JRE 1.4 included with some versions of Eclipse. Updating Eclipse to use JRE 1.5 will also solve this problem, but it is recommended that you try the installation again with our new release.

Q2: How can I make the Eclipse plugin work with a proxy?

A1: If you have the WST Component installed in Eclipse, proxy settings should be configured in the IDE from Windows->Preferences->Internet->Proxy Settings

A2: If A1 is not an option, manually configure the proxy settings in the eclipse.ini file for the JVM. Please add the following options:

-Dhttp.proxySet=true

-Dhttp.proxyHost=localhost

-Dhttp.proxyPort=8888

And for authentication set these parameters also

-Dhttp.proxyUser=<your_username>

-Dhttp.proxyPassword=<your_password>

Q3: Why does the Eclipse Plugin on Linux throw an SWT Exception?

A: The Koders Plugin requires a specific version of Mozilla to properly display search results.

Here is an FAQ that describes the fix in more detail: BIRT Project

Q4: I can’t get the Eclipse Update Manager to work? What’s the deal with that?

A: The Plugin installation from the Eclipse 3.2 Update Manager has been tested under supported platforms and configurations. To further diagnose the problem you are experiencing, please look into the following:

- You could be experiencing problems if you are behind a firewall using an unsupported proxy configuration. If this is the case, please look at Q3 of the General FAQ for suggestions and provide feedback as we are looking to expand our proxy support.

- What errors did you receive during the install?

- Did you have a previous version of the Koder’s IDE plugin installed, and if so, what version was it and did you delete it first?

- What OS are you on?