Support Frequently Asked Questions

nWire takes a non-intrusive approach. It does not modify any of your source files. The only change you will see in your files is a single line in your .project file which tells nWire to analyze your project. This line is added when you ask enable nWire in your project. You can always remove it later. Other than that, there are some extra files kept inside your Eclipse workspace settings area.
At any point, you can uninstall or disable nWire and continue to work as you did before.

We are not planning a free edition at the moment, but this may change in the future. You are invited to read Zviki's blog post on the subject.

We do special offers which you can see here.

nWire license keys are node locked. One license can be used by one developer on up to two machines in an unlimited number of installations. There is not limit to the number of activations, as long as they are done on the same two machines. If you move from one machine to another, this is not a problem: our activation server allows switching within reason.

Our support team can solve any related issues.

We will offer floating and site licenses in the near future. In the mean while, the license is restricted to two machines.

Not at the moment, however, we will be offering a discount in the near future. If you are interested, send us an email and we will let you know when it becomes available.

No. A single license can be activated on multiple Eclipse installations of different types, as long as they are on the same machines. There is no limit to the number of activations.

Yes! We strongly believe in open source software and do our best to support it and give something back. Please contact us.

• For nWire for Java: Eclipse 3.6 to 3.4 with JDT installed (Java Development Tools). It may work with Eclipse based tools (e.g. MyEclipse, IBM RAD).
• For nWire for PHP: Eclipse 3.6 to 3.5 with PDT 2.1 or newer.
• Java 5 or newer (for Eclipse execution). Tested with Sun JRE/JDK on Windows.
• Tested on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux Ubuntu.
• Disk space is required to hold the local repository. A large project may require up to a few gigabytes.

Notes:

• When using Linux 64 bit with Sun JDK, version 1.6 of the JDK is required due to a JDK bug.

nWire is built as an Eclipse plug-in. Hence, it may be installed on Eclipse-based IDEs such as MyEclipse, IBM RAD, CodeGear JBuilder, etc. Keep in mind that currently, nWire is only tested on the standard Eclipse distributions. It cannot be installed on other IDEs including Microsoft Visual Studio, NetBeans or others.

Yes. You can disable the nWire plugin from starting by following these steps:

1. Close all the nWire views (navigator and visualizer). Make sure you go over all your open perspectives and close all the views.
2. Open the Eclipse preferences. Under General → Startup and Shutdown, uncheck the nWire Tools Plug-in.

Once you restart Eclipse, nWire will not load unless you specifically select one of the nWire actions (like opening the navigator or something similar).

If you installed nWire using the Dropins folder, then close Eclipse, remove it from the Dropins folder and start Eclipse again using -clean in the command line.

If you installed via the update manager, go to About Eclipse → Installation Details, select the Installed Software tab, locate nWire and click Uninstall...

nWire for PHP can be installed in Aptana Studio 2.x, but not in Aptana Studio 1.x or 3.x. At least not at the moment. For more details, see this blog post.

Yes and no. You need an internet connection, but it does not have to be on the same machine as your Eclipse installation. If you're reading this page you probably have a machine with internet connection available at your disposal. The complete procedure is outlined at the offline installation page.