To internationalize (i18n) and Rich Client Platform (RCP) application, also known as Eclipse Application, it’s not enough to download the language package. One also needs to download the language packs for the RCP core.
Here’s what it takes to i18n the core of an RCP application:
- Download the language packages from the Babel project using the Eclipse install/update mechanism.
- Open the RCP application “.product” file.
- Go to the “Configuration” section.
- Press “Add Required Plug-ins” button.
This last step is the “magical step”, it includes the i18n plugins to the RCP application.
You can identify the language plugins by their name. They come in the “<plugin>