Preferences - Event Manager

The ProvideX Plug-in for Eclipse has a number of components that work together. One of these components is the ProvideX Event Manager which provides the connection to the ProvideX application environment. It runs in the background to handle events that are triggered by user actions in the Eclipse Workbench.

The ProvideX Preference page is used to configure the version of ProvideX that will be used by the ProvideX Event Manager and the port that will be used for communicating with Eclipse.

This ProvideX executable will also be used as the default for every new ProvideX project that is created in the current workspace. The ProvideX executable for a project can be changed when the project is created or at any time afterwards through the project properties page.

Configure Event Manager

  1. Select the menu item Goto workbench preferences Window > Preferences... to open the workbench preferences.

  2. Select the Goto the ProvideX Configuration preference page ProvideX preference page. ProvideX Preferences
  3. Set the path to the ProvideX executable by clicking the Browse... button and selecting a valid ProvideX executable to use.
    info The selected ProvideX executable must have a valid activation (at least a 2 user v7 base developer license) before it will be allowed; the activation is verified when an executable is selected and will not be used if this validation fails.

  4. Set the port to be used for the Listener port.
    info The ProvideX plug-in for Eclipse uses a NTHOST-like connection to a process where a listener program is started. The listener program waits for Eclipse to send information about the next event to be processed. The listener will then start the execution of a helper application that will perform the requested task or perform the task itself.

Why is my ProvideX executable not accepted?

The plug-in will not allow a ProvideX executable when: