How to make simplistic RCP application really standalone?

Question

This is total refactoring of my old question on new level of knowledge.

Questions summary

My eclipse product is not working. Does it require

Answer 1

I think your program works correctly, but you are not seeing anything because the output is not directed anywhere. Please edit the file eclipse.ini and add two options before the vmargs:

-console

-consoleLog

Then open a terminal/command interpreter in the folder and execute:

eclipse

Then see whether there is still no output.

Answer 2

1) Check you environment, especially JAVA_OPTS. If there's anything there, unset the variable and try running again

2) Check the JDK on your path with "java -version". Is it a 1.7.0 version (as specified in the execution environment) and does it match the eclipse launcher (i.e. if you are using 64-bit eclipse, it should be a 64-bit JDK and not a 32-bit one, and vice-versa). If there is a mismatch, fix (set PATH / JAVA_HOME to proper location and retry running). Note that on Windows the default JRE may be configured in the registry and your path may be clear. Check the Java settings in Control Panel to see what's the preferred one. Heck, even better, don't risk it: add the following lines in eclipse.ini instead, pointing to the correct JDK location, ABOVE the -vmargs line:

-vm
C:\path\to\the\proper\jdk\bin\javaw.exe

3) Look in the folder "configuration/.log" (timestamp is a UNIX long). Sometimes when a workspace doesn't get created Eclipse will log errors there...

4) Try running with "eclipse -consoleLog"

P.S. I haven't actually tried your steps, but the above is the list of things that have bitten me in the past (with 2 being the most common one)... :-)