Installing the ULC Visual Editor

To install the ULC Visual Editor:

  • Download and install ULC if you do not have ULC 6.2. Get a license key for ULC.

  • Make sure that you have installed the appropriate Eclipse version. If not, it can be downloaded from http://www.eclipse.org.

  • Get an appropriate license key for the ULC Visual Editor version chosen by you.

  • Download and run the ULC Visual Editor installer.

  • During installation, the License Information dialog box displays. Copy and paste the license key you received by email into the License Information text box.

  • Select Typical to install Eclipse Visual Editor in addition to ULC Visual Editor.

  • The installer copies a link file called com.canoo.ulc.visualeditor.link in your $ECLIPSE_INSTALL_DIR/links. Therefore, it is necessary to correctly specify your Eclipse Home Directory during installation. Otherwise, you will need to manually copy the link file.

  • Start Eclipse and select Help > About Eclipse Platform and you should see the ULC Visual Editor icon.

  • Next, check the plug-ins details. To display the plug-ins in Eclipse, select Help > About Eclipse Platform > Plug-in Details and you should see the ULC Visual Editor and Eclipse Visual Editor related plugins as described in the ULC Visual Editor Release Notes.

  • To use ULC Visual Editor within your ULC projects in Eclipse you need to:
    • Add the ULC libraries to the class path of your ULC project. For details see the Online Help provided with the ULC Visual Editor. Select Help > Help Contents > ULC Visual Editor Help > Using the ULC Visual Editor in a ULC Project.
    • The online help includes a tutorial and useful tips on how to use the ULC Visual Editor.

Note: if you have already installed Eclipse, you may also use the Eclipse Update Site to install the ULC Visual Editor as follows:

  • Start Eclipse.
  • Select Help > Software Updates > Find and Install...
  • Select Search for new features to install.
  • Click New Remote Site....
  • Type ULC Update Site as name and http://update.canoo.com/eclipse as URL.
  • Expand the ULC Update Site node and select ULC Visual Editor. Note that installing ULC Visual Editor also requires you to install the following plugins:
    • at least Eclipse Visual Editor 1.2.0
    • Eclipse EMF 2.2.0
    • Eclipse GEF 3.2.0
  • Click Next.
  • Select ULC Visual Editor.
  • Click Accept to accept the license agreement.
  • Click Finish.
  • The Add ULC Visual Editor License dialog box displays. Copy and paste your ULC Visual Editor license key into the space provided. Click OK.
  • Click Install.
  • Click Yes to restart Eclipse.
    Note: You will need to restart Eclipse to complete the installation.