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One further comment; I understand that this is an eclipse bug and that your options for fixing it are limited. Thanks Again, Lisa
Hey Dave,
Thanks for this. We will be going through another packaging cycle soon. I'll give your suggestion of the plugin.customization.ini file code change a try.
I would say that even if this works for us, it would be beneficial if the results of opening a file via the feature were not as negative as they are now. An error would be preferable to CEX locking up to the point where it has to be killed via Task Manager, or corrupts a user workspace.
Thanks Again, Lisa
Just to add that if you wanted to add the preference to your plugin_customization.ini then the line to disable that tickbox would look like this:
org.eclipse.ui/DISABLE_OPEN_EDITOR_IN_PLACE=true
Just tested it out for you because I thought that'd be your next question :-)
Dave
Hi Lisa,
Speaking to the Explorer team, the File>Open is triggering some Eclipse code that handles Windows OLE which is what we think is hanging. So we think it is an eclipse bug, rather than an Explorer bug, not that you care which, I realise you'd just like it fixed. There are a number of Eclipse bugs relating to OLE which suggests it's a problematic area. The Eclipse 4.4 release notes (https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/readme_eclipse_4.4.php) acknowledge bugs in the area of OLE which may lead to crashes.
Given that we can't fix it ourselves, we do however have a suggestion for avoiding the problem by disabling OLE editing as follows:
In Explorer, change the configuration as follows: Window > Preferences, General > Editors and deselect "Allow in-place system editors". This will, for example if you open a .doc cause it to use Microsoft Word rather than use Eclipse.
Would this help ?
Regards,
John Tilling