Update swt plugins on eclipse 3.7.2

Question

I have an Eclipse 3.7.2 RCP application and I need to run this with JDK 7 on Mac OSX. I need SWT_AWT bridge fixes from SWT 4.3. Is there a way I can update to latest SWT in eclipse 3.7.2. The SWT binaries available here are not plugins.

Answer 1

Actually, it is possible (and I did it in an application). Just download the correct fragments you need (for MacOS X, Win32, etc.) from the site you mention, put them in a folder, and add this folder to your target platform (just like you would do for the delta-pack). When building your product, Eclipse will pick the latest fragments from your folder instead of the 3.7.2 versions. It basically works, but there are some incompatibilities or strange behaviors (like minimizing/maximizing icons not working, at least in my setup). Tell me if you had success in making SWT_AWT work in that setup under JDK 7, though, because I have had no luck so far.