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Enactor Tools - 1.4.148

Enactor Tools version 1.4.148 features a new POS Launch Wizard that allows developers to run Enactor POS projects. It also introduces comprehensive dark theme support across the plugin. The release also upgrades the POS Extension Wizard with local single-page application capabilities.
Last updated: 10 August 2026Author: Nimasha RuwandiCategory: Component Release

Overview​

Enactor Tools version 1.4.148 features a new POS Launch Wizard that allows developers to run Enactor POS projects. It also introduces comprehensive dark theme support across the plugin. The release also upgrades the POS Extension Wizard with local single-page application capabilities.

Deliverables and Versions​

  • Enactor Tools Version​

    1.4.148

If Your Workspace Platform Version is TRUNK-SNAPSHOT, 2.7-SNAPSHOT or above 2.7.1615 (i.e Compiler Compliance Level of the Projects is Java 1.8)
Download :Eclipse 2026-06

For Other Platform Versions (i.e Compiler Compliance Level of the Projects is Java 1.7)
Download :Eclipse 2024-06

  • Eclipse Changes​

Required Eclipse Changes​

  • Due to changes in the newer versions of the Java Virtual Machine that prevent JAXB from using reflection, following change need to be done in the eclipse.ini configuration file

Ensure that you have exited the Eclipse application.Navigate to the eclipse installation directory and select to edit the Eclipse.ini configuration file eg. C:\Users\[USER_NAME]\eclipse\[ECLIPSE_VERSION]\eclipse

--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
  • Due to an Eclipse update, the following ensures the Enactor Tools plugin does not attempt to access its preferences before they have been initialised, the existing -Dosgi.dataAreaRequiresExplicitInit argument value should be updated to false in the same eclipse.ini file
-Dosgi.dataAreaRequiresExplicitInit=false
  • If you are using a Linux with the Wayland Display Server and have issues with the Enactor Tools not working properly, you can force Eclipse to use X11 as a GDK backend by using a script to launch Eclipse and adding export GDK_BACKEND=x11 to it:
#/bin/bash
export GDK_BACKEND=x11
./eclipse "$@"

On HiDPI screens it may also be necessary to define the UI scale and DPI in this script, for example export GDK_SCALE=2 and export GDK_DPI_SCALE=0.5.

  • If your Eclipse Version is 2026-06

    • Eclipse 2026-06 has an issue with per-monitor DPI scaling on windows UI Scaling Issue in Windows

      • Windows users should apply below settings to resolve it

        1. Window -> Preferences -> General -> Appearence
        2. Disable the Use monitor-specific UI scaling checkbox

    • Eclipse 2026-06 has an issue with tm.terminal package Missing TM Terminal dependencies

      • Follow these steps to downgrade to a stable Terminal version

        1.Install Stable Version

        • Help -> Install New Software -> Add.

        Name: TM Terminal
        Location: https://download.eclipse.org/releases/2025-06

        ReinstallStableVersion

        • Untick "Contact all update sites during install to find required software".

        ContactAllUpdateSites

        • Expand General Purpose Tools, check TM Terminal, and complete the installation.

        SelectTMTerminal

        • Restart Eclipse.

        • Finally, go to Window -> Preferences -> Available Software Sites and tick the checkboxes.

  • If your Eclipse Version is 2024-06

    • Eclipse 2024-06 has an issue with inbuilt M2Eclipse2.6.1 plugin

      • Update the plugin to latest version with below steps.

        1. Help -> Install New Software -> Add

          Name : M2Eclipse
          Location Eclipse software repository, The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse
          Install and restart eclipse. If you have already imported maven projects, Right Click -> Maven -> Update Project

        2. Restart Eclipse for the changes to take effect.

Optional Eclipse Changes​
  • Eclipse can be given more RAM if the host machine has the capacity.To do this, update the values for the argument -Xms and -Xmx in the eclipse.ini
-Xms512m
-Xmx4096m

Restart Eclipse for the changes to take effect.

  • Minimum Eclipse Version​

Eclipse 2022-06

Tested On - Mac 26.5.2, Ubuntu - 26.04.2 LTS, Windows - 11

Changes​

RefSummary
DT-1005POS Launch Wizard - launch an Enactor POS project directly from Eclipse
DT-1029Dark theme support added across the Enactor Tools plugin
DT-1021Refactor BeanShellScript with EnactorScript
DT-1022POS Extension Wizard - extend an Extension project with a new local single page application

Bug Fixes​

RefSummary
DT-995Java Application - environment variables defined in all capital letters
DT-996Correct missing src folder build paths and plugin classpath generation in Tools workspace setup
DT-1001Build warning: "The CJS build of Vite's Node API is deprecated"
DT-1002The Node version should come from the version map
DT-1003Run with dev server should check if the port is already running

POS Launch Wizard​

Launch an Enactor POS project straight from Eclipse - covering project creation, database configuration, POS configuration, connection strategy, connectivity and server URLs.

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