[EricW]

I have an RCP app which was originally developed in eclipse 3.2.1. I've compiled it in 3.4.1 now, and the Help > Software Updates menu item no longer appears!

What need I do to enable it again?

[jsugrue]

You'll probably need to include some newer plugins. When you try to run this app from the Run... menu, have you validated plugins to make sure everything's there?

In 3.4 there was a move to P2 for the software updates, so it may have affected your feature.
James

[EricW]

Yes, I've re-validated several times, as well as started from nothing and added my plugins back one-by-one, pressing "add required plugins" each time. All to no avail. I've got all 5 org.eclipse.update.* plugins included, although I had to add o.e.update.scheduler manually.

A snippet from the "configuration details" log:
org.eclipse.ui.workbench (3.4.1.M20080827-0800a) "Workbench" [Active]
org.eclipse.update.configurator (3.2.201.R34x_v20080819) "Install/Update Configurator" [Active]
org.eclipse.update.core (3.2.201.R34x_v20080714) "Install/Update Core" [Active]
org.eclipse.update.core.win32 (3.2.100.v20080107) "Install/Update Core for Windows" [Resolved]
org.eclipse.update.scheduler (3.2.100.v20080404) "Automatic Updates Scheduler" [Active]
org.eclipse.update.ui (3.2.100.v20080318) "Install/Update UI" [Starting]


Note that o.e.update.ui state is [Starting]. I assume that is the cause of my problem? But why is it stuck in that state?

[EricW]

Well, I had to do it myself (!@#). I don't know why I didn't with 3.2.1, but with 3.4.1 ...

Anyway, this is what I did:

In my application's plugin.xml, I added the following:

<!-- ================================================== ================ -->
<!-- Software Updates -->
<!-- ================================================== ================ -->

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.actionSets">
<actionSet label="Software Update"
visible="true"
id="eft.software.update">
<action
id="eft.update"
label="Software Updates..."
class="org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.update.InstallW izardAction"
menubarPath="help/additions"/>
</actionSet>
</extension>


Thanks, jsugrue, for trying to help. I appreciate it.