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Bug 174323

Summary: In RCP, opening a .doc (or .ppt or any number of others) using the IEditorRegistry.SYSTEM_INPLACE_EDITOR_ID creates an ErrorEditorPart.
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Mia Stern <mia_stern>
Component: UIAssignee: Boris Bokowski <bokowski>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: daniel_megert, hbernstein
Version: 3.2.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
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Description Mia Stern CLA 2007-02-15 11:01:15 EST
Build ID: M20061122-0800

Steps To Reproduce:
1.Run an RCP with editor support
2. Make sure no editors are open
3. Open a .doc file
4. An ErrorEditorPart is shown saying "Unable to create this part due to an internal error. Reason for the failure: Unable to restore in-place editor. In-place support is missing."


More information:
It is important that no other editor has been opened before opening this file.  If an editor for, say, a .txt file has been opened, the the .doc file opens internally without any problems.  Even if all editors are closed, the .doc file will continue to open correctly.  Only if the .doc file is the first file opened within the eclipse session will you get the error editor part.

This is the exception that is thrown:  org.eclipse.ui.PartInitException: Unable to restore in-place editor. In-place support is missing.
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPartHelper(EditorReference.java:565)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPart(EditorReference.java:372)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:566)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPane.setVisible(PartPane.java:290)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.PresentablePart.setVisible(PresentablePart.java:140)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.PresentablePartFolder.select(PresentablePartFolder.java:268)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.LeftToRightTabOrder.select(LeftToRightTabOrder.java:65)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.TabbedStackPresentation.selectPart(TabbedStackPresentation.java:394)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.refreshPresentationSelection(PartStack.java:1144)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.setSelection(PartStack.java:1097)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.showPart(PartStack.java:1311)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.add(PartStack.java:455)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorStack.add(EditorStack.java:102)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.add(PartStack.java:441)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorStack.add(EditorStack.java:111)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorSashContainer.addEditor(EditorSashContainer.java:60)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorAreaHelper.addToLayout(EditorAreaHelper.java:217)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorAreaHelper.addEditor(EditorAreaHelper.java:207)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.createEditorTab(EditorManager.java:822)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.openEditorFromDescriptor(EditorManager.java:721)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.openEditor(EditorManager.java:682)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditorBatched(WorkbenchPage.java:2593)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2528)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.access$10(WorkbenchPage.java:2520)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$9.run(WorkbenchPage.java:2505)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:67)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2500)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2485)
	at com.ibm.rational.clearcase.standalone.actions.OpenInWorkbenchAction.open(OpenInWorkbenchAction.java:132)
	at com.ibm.rational.clearcase.standalone.actions.OpenInWorkbenchAction.run(OpenInWorkbenchAction.java:239)
	at com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ui.viewers.DetailsSelectionHandler.doDoubleClickAction(DetailsSelectionHandler.java:93)
	at com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ui.viewers.DetailsSelectionHandler.doubleClickOut(DetailsSelectionHandler.java:66)
	at com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ui.viewers.SelectionDispatcher.doubleClick(SelectionDispatcher.java:150)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$1.run(StructuredViewer.java:796)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:37)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run(Platform.java:843)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:44)
	at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:149)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.fireDoubleClick(StructuredViewer.java:794)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.handleDoubleSelect(StructuredViewer.java:1051)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$4.widgetDefaultSelected(StructuredViewer.java:1158)
	at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.fireDefaultSelectionEvent(OpenStrategy.java:223)
	at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.access$0(OpenStrategy.java:220)
	at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$1.handleEvent(OpenStrategy.java:281)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:928)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3348)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2968)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1930)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1894)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:422)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
	at com.ibm.rational.clearcase.standalone.plugin.StandaloneApplication.run(StandaloneApplication.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:78)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:92)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:68)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:400)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:177)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:336)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:280)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:977)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:952)
Comment 1 Dani Megert CLA 2008-04-25 06:31:00 EDT

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 70838 ***