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1. In the Project Explorer - blank area, right-click
   • New > Project ... > Plug-in Project > "Next >" button
     
   • Project name: "HelloWorld"
   • On "Target Platform" select "an OSGi framework".Select "standard" on the drop down box beside "an OSGi framework" radio button.
   • "Next >" button
     
   • Version: "1.0.0"
   • check "Generate an activator ..."
   • Activator helloworld.Activator
   • "Next >" button
     
   • Uncheck "Create a plug-in using one of the templates"
   • "Finish" button
     
2. Under the new HelloWorld project, find the META-INF directory, and open the MANIFEST.MF file by double-clicking on it.
   
3. Click on the "Dependencies" tab,
   • On "Imported Packages" box, click the "Add..." button, in the "Package Selection" popup in the text box, enter com.affymetrix.genoviz.util and click the "OK" button.
4. Right click on the blank area at the top, next to "Dependencies" and
   • a context menu comes up, click "Save".
     
5. Open the Activator.java file under src/helloworld
   • add the import statement
   • import com.affymetrix.genoviz.util.ErrorHandler;
   • at the top, and add the line
   • ErrorHandler.errorPanel("Hello World");
   • at the end of the start() method, and
   • ErrorHandler.errorPanel("Goodbye World");
   • at the end of the stop method
6. Save the file
   
7. In the Project Explorer
   • Right click the HelloWorld project
   • > "Export ..."
   • "Deployable plug-ins and fragments"
   • "Next >" button
     
   • Under "Available Plug-ins and Fragments:", check only Hello World
   • "Directory:" use any directory you like
   • click the "Finish" button.
     
8. The HelloWorld_1.0.0.jar file will be in the plugins directory under the directory the you specified. This is your bundle
9. In the IGB_HOME directory, from the command line run
   • run_igb -install_bundle file:/<bundle_directory>/plugins/HelloWorld_1.0.0.jar (Windows)
   • ./run_igb.sh -install_bundle file:/<bundle_directory>/plugins/HelloWorld_1.0.0.jar (Mac and Linux)
   • where IGB_HOME is your IGB directory, and <bundle_directory> is the directory that you specified
     in the export
10. You should now see your Hello World plugin.
    • If you install the plugin you will see an Error popup "Hello World"
    • When you uninstall the plugin, you will see an Error popup "Goodbye World"
11. Congratulations!

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