diff --git a/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 9b75b36fb66..8e6977b491b 100644
--- a/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.ui,
  org.eclipse.core.resources,
  org.eclipse.rse.ui,
  org.eclipse.rse.core,
- org.eclipse.rse.services
+ org.eclipse.rse.services,
+ org.eclipse.rse.files.ui,
+ org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core,
+ org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.core
 Eclipse-LazyStart: true
diff --git a/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/plugin.xml b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/plugin.xml
index d810117c803..b9da65c1226 100644
--- a/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/plugin.xml
+++ b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/plugin.xml
@@ -16,9 +16,42 @@ Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - Adapted original tutorial code to Open RSE.
 -->
 <?eclipse version="3.1"?>
 <plugin>
+
+	<!-- ======================================= -->
+	<!-- Remote Object Popup Menu Actions        -->
+	<!-- ======================================= -->
+	<!-- Tutorial #1: Creating a Remote Resource pop-up Menu Action -->
+	<extension point="org.eclipse.rse.ui.popupMenus">
+		<objectContribution id="actions.jar"
+							typecategoryfilter="files"
+							typefilter="file"
+							namefilter="*.jar">
+			<action id="actions.jar.show"
+					enablesFor="1"
+					label="Show contents"
+					tooltip="List contents of this file"
+					class="samples.ui.actions.ShowJarContents">
+			</action>
+		</objectContribution>
+	</extension>
+
+	<!-- ======================================= -->
+	<!-- Remote Object Property Pages            -->
+	<!-- ======================================= -->
+	<!-- Tutorial #2: Creating a Remote Resource Property Page -->
+	<extension point="org.eclipse.rse.ui.propertyPages">
+		<page name="Folder Contents"
+			class="samples.ui.propertypages.FolderInfoPropertyPage"
+			id="samples.ui.PropertyPage1"
+			typefilter="folder"
+			typecategoryfilter="files">
+		</page>
+	</extension>    
+
 	<!-- ======================================= -->
 	<!-- SubSystem Configuration                 -->
 	<!-- ======================================= -->
+	<!-- Tutorial #3: Creating a Subsystem Configuration -->
 	<extension
 		point="org.eclipse.rse.ui.subsystemConfiguration">
 		<configuration
diff --git a/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/rseSamplesMessages.xml b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/rseSamplesMessages.xml
index 6ae016e251b..d498ef3b665 100644
--- a/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/rseSamplesMessages.xml
+++ b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/rseSamplesMessages.xml
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 <!DOCTYPE MessageFile SYSTEM "../com.ibm.etools.systems.core/messageFile.dtd">
 <!-- This is a message file used by SystemMessage and SystemMessageDialog -->
 <MessageFile Version="1.0">
-     <Component Name="RSE Samples" Abbr="RSS">
-          <Subcomponent Name="General" Abbr="G">
-                <MessageList>
-                    <Message ID="1001" Indicator="E">
-                          <LevelOne>Sample message</LevelOne>		
-                          <LevelTwo>This is a sample with one substution variable: %1</LevelTwo>
-                    </Message>
-                </MessageList>
-          </Subcomponent>
-     </Component>
+	<Component Name="RSE Samples" Abbr="RSS">
+		<Subcomponent Name="General" Abbr="G">
+			<MessageList>
+				<Message ID="1001" Indicator="E">
+					<LevelOne>Sample message</LevelOne>		
+					<LevelTwo>This is a sample with one substution variable: %1</LevelTwo>
+				</Message>
+				<Message ID="1002" Indicator="I">
+					<LevelOne>Processing...</LevelOne>
+					<LevelTwo></LevelTwo>
+				</Message>
+			</MessageList>
+		</Subcomponent>
+	</Component>
 </MessageFile>
diff --git a/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/src/samples/rseSamplesResources.properties b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/src/samples/rseSamplesResources.properties
index 0de54f1ae4f..bab29dbbd83 100644
--- a/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/src/samples/rseSamplesResources.properties
+++ b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/src/samples/rseSamplesResources.properties
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - Adapted original tutorial code to Open RSE.
 ################################################################################
 
+# Tutorial #2: Creating a Remote Resource Property Page
 pp.size.label=Size
 pp.size.tooltip=Cumulative size, in bytes
 pp.files.label=Files
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ pp.folders.tooltip=Cumulative number of folders
 pp.stopButton.label=Stop
 pp.stopButton.tooltip=Cancel the thread
 
+# Tutorial #3: Creating a Subsystem Configuration
 connectorservice.devr.name=DeveloperConnectorService
 connectorservice.devr.desc=Manages connections to faked remote developer resources.
 
@@ -31,11 +33,10 @@ property.devr_id.name=Id
 property.devr_id.desc=ID number
 property.devr_dept.name=Department
 property.devr_dept.desc=Department number
-
 property.team_resource.type=Team resource
-
 filter.default.name=All Teams
 
+# Tutorial #3a: Adding a Custom Filter
 property.type.teamfilter=Team filter
 property.type.devrfilter=Developer filter
 
diff --git a/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/src/samples/ui/actions/ShowJarContents.java b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/src/samples/ui/actions/ShowJarContents.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d68dbdfc5b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/src/samples/ui/actions/ShowJarContents.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/********************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 IBM Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms
+ * of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is 
+ * available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ * 
+ * Initial Contributors:
+ * The following IBM employees contributed to the Remote System Explorer
+ * component that contains this file: David McKnight, Kushal Munir, 
+ * Michael Berger, David Dykstal, Phil Coulthard, Don Yantzi, Eric Simpson, 
+ * Emily Bruner, Mazen Faraj, Adrian Storisteanu, Li Ding, and Kent Hawley.
+ * 
+ * Contributors:
+ * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - Adapted original tutorial code to Open RSE.
+ ********************************************************************************/
+
+package samples.ui.actions;
+
+import org.eclipse.rse.core.subsystems.ISubSystem;
+import org.eclipse.rse.files.ui.actions.SystemAbstractRemoteFilePopupMenuExtensionAction;
+import org.eclipse.rse.internal.model.SystemRegistry;
+import org.eclipse.rse.model.IHost;
+import org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core.subsystems.IRemoteFile;
+import org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.core.subsystems.IRemoteCmdSubSystem;
+
+/**
+ * An action that runs a command to display the contents of a Jar file.
+ * The plugin.xml file restricts this action so it only appears for .jar files.
+ */
+public class ShowJarContents extends SystemAbstractRemoteFilePopupMenuExtensionAction {
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor for ShowJarContents.
+	 */
+	public ShowJarContents() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.rse.ui.actions.SystemAbstractPopupMenuExtensionAction#run()
+	 */
+	public void run() {
+		IRemoteFile selectedFile = getFirstSelectedRemoteFile();
+		String cmdToRun = "jar -tvf " + selectedFile.getAbsolutePath(); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		try {
+			runCommand(cmdToRun);
+		} catch(Exception e) {
+			//TODO: Display exception
+		}
+	}
+
+	public IRemoteCmdSubSystem getRemoteCmdSubSystem() {
+		//get the Command subsystem associated with the current host
+		IHost myHost = getSubSystem().getHost();
+		ISubSystem[] subsys = SystemRegistry.getSystemRegistry().getSubSystems(myHost);
+		for (int i=0; i<subsys.length; i++) {
+			if (subsys[i] instanceof IRemoteCmdSubSystem) {
+				IRemoteCmdSubSystem ss = (IRemoteCmdSubSystem) subsys[i];
+				if (ss.getSubSystemConfiguration().supportsCommands()) {
+					// && ss.isConnected()
+					// TODO: Check, if the remote cmd subsys is capable of connecting on demand
+					return ss;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	public void runCommand(String command) throws Exception
+	{
+		IRemoteCmdSubSystem cmdss = getRemoteCmdSubSystem();
+		if (cmdss!=null && cmdss.isConnected()) {
+			Object[] result = cmdss.runCommand(command, null, "", false); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			//TODO: Display the result, or is this done in the Shell automatically?
+		} else {
+			//TODO: Display error - no command subsystem available
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/src/samples/ui/propertypages/FolderInfoPropertyPage.java b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/src/samples/ui/propertypages/FolderInfoPropertyPage.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af3bb14435d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.examples.tutorial/src/samples/ui/propertypages/FolderInfoPropertyPage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+/********************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 IBM Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms
+ * of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is 
+ * available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ * 
+ * Initial Contributors:
+ * The following IBM employees contributed to the Remote System Explorer
+ * component that contains this file: David McKnight, Kushal Munir, 
+ * Michael Berger, David Dykstal, Phil Coulthard, Don Yantzi, Eric Simpson, 
+ * Emily Bruner, Mazen Faraj, Adrian Storisteanu, Li Ding, and Kent Hawley.
+ * 
+ * Contributors:
+ * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - Adapted original tutorial code to Open RSE.
+ ********************************************************************************/
+
+package samples.ui.propertypages;
+
+import org.eclipse.rse.files.ui.propertypages.SystemAbstractRemoteFilePropertyPageExtensionAction;
+import org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core.subsystems.IRemoteFile;
+import org.eclipse.rse.ui.SystemWidgetHelpers;
+import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent;
+import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionListener;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;
+
+import samples.RSESamplesPlugin;
+
+/**
+ * A sample property page for a remote object, which in this case is scoped via the
+ *  extension point xml to only apply to folder objects.
+ */
+public class FolderInfoPropertyPage
+	extends SystemAbstractRemoteFilePropertyPageExtensionAction
+	implements SelectionListener
+{
+	// gui widgets...
+	private Label sizeLabel, filesLabel, foldersLabel;
+	private Button stopButton;
+	// state...
+	private int totalSize = 0;
+	private int totalFolders = 0;
+	private int totalFiles = 0;
+	private boolean stopped = false;
+	private Thread workerThread;
+	private Runnable guiUpdater;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor for FolderInfoPropertyPage.
+	 */
+	public FolderInfoPropertyPage()
+	{
+		super();
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------
+	// Parent method overrides...
+	// --------------------------
+	
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.rse.files.ui.propertypages.SystemAbstractRemoteFilePropertyPageExtensionAction#createContentArea(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite)
+	 */
+	protected Control createContentArea(Composite parent)
+	{
+		Composite composite = SystemWidgetHelpers.createComposite(parent, 2);
+		// draw the gui		
+		sizeLabel = SystemWidgetHelpers.createLabeledLabel(composite, 
+				RSESamplesPlugin.getResourceString("pp.size.label"), //$NON-NLS-1$
+				RSESamplesPlugin.getResourceString("pp.size.tooltip"), //$NON-NLS-1$
+				false);
+		filesLabel = SystemWidgetHelpers.createLabeledLabel(composite, 
+				RSESamplesPlugin.getResourceString("pp.files.label"), //$NON-NLS-1$
+				RSESamplesPlugin.getResourceString("pp.files.tooltip"), //$NON-NLS-1$
+				false);
+		foldersLabel = SystemWidgetHelpers.createLabeledLabel(composite, 
+				RSESamplesPlugin.getResourceString("pp.folders.label"), //$NON-NLS-1$
+				RSESamplesPlugin.getResourceString("pp.folders.tooltip"), //$NON-NLS-1$
+				false);
+		stopButton = SystemWidgetHelpers.createPushButton(composite, null, 
+				RSESamplesPlugin.getResourceString("pp.stopButton.label"), //$NON-NLS-1$
+				RSESamplesPlugin.getResourceString("pp.stopButton.tooltip") //$NON-NLS-1$
+				);
+		stopButton.addSelectionListener(this);
+		
+		setValid(false); // Disable OK button until thread is done
+		
+		// show "Processing..." message
+		setMessage(RSESamplesPlugin.getPluginMessage("RSSG1002")); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		
+		// create instance of Runnable to allow asynchronous GUI updates from background thread	   
+		guiUpdater = new RunnableGUIClass();
+		// spawn a thread to calculate the information
+		workerThread = new RunnableClass(getRemoteFile());
+		workerThread.start();
+		
+		return composite;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Intercept from PreferencePage. Called when user presses Cancel button.
+	 * We stop the background thread.
+	 */
+	public boolean performCancel() 
+	{
+		killThread();
+		return true;
+	}			
+	
+	/**
+	 * Intercept from DialogPage. Called when dialog going away.
+	 * If the user presses the X to close this dialog, we 
+	 *  need to stop that background thread.
+	 */
+	public void dispose()
+	{
+		killThread();
+		super.dispose();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Private method to kill our background thread.
+	 * Control doesn't return until it ends.
+	 */
+	private void killThread()
+	{
+		if (!stopped && workerThread.isAlive())
+		{
+		    stopped = true;
+		    try {
+		      workerThread.join(); // wait for thread to end
+		    } catch (InterruptedException exc) {}
+		}		
+	}
+
+	// -------------------------------------------
+	// Methods from SelectionListener interface...
+	// -------------------------------------------
+	
+	/**
+	 * From SelectionListener
+	 */
+	public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent event) 
+	{
+		if (event.getSource() == stopButton)
+		{
+			stopped = true;
+			stopButton.setEnabled(false);
+		}
+	}
+	/**
+	 * From SelectionListener
+	 */
+	public void widgetDefaultSelected(SelectionEvent event) {}
+	
+
+	// ----------------
+	// Inner classes...
+	// ----------------
+	/**
+	 * Inner class encapsulating the background work to be done, so it may be executed
+	 *  in background thread.
+	 */
+	private class RunnableClass extends Thread
+	{
+		IRemoteFile inputFolder;
+		
+		RunnableClass(IRemoteFile inputFolder)
+		{
+			this.inputFolder = inputFolder;
+		}
+		
+		public void run()
+		{
+			if (stopped)
+			  return;
+			walkFolder(inputFolder);						
+			updateGUI();
+			if (!stopped)
+			{
+				stopped = true;
+				updateGUI();
+			}
+		}
+		
+		/**
+		 * Recursively walk a folder, updating the running tallies. 
+		 * Update the GUI after processing each subfolder.
+		 */
+		private void walkFolder(IRemoteFile currFolder)
+		{
+			IRemoteFile[] folders = currFolder.getParentRemoteFileSubSystem().listFoldersAndFiles(currFolder);
+			if ((folders != null) && (folders.length>0))
+			{
+				for (int idx=0; !stopped && (idx<folders.length); idx++)
+				{
+					// is this a folder? 
+					if (folders[idx].isDirectory())
+					{
+						++totalFolders;
+						walkFolder(folders[idx]);
+						updateGUI();
+					}
+					// is this a file?
+					else
+					{
+						++totalFiles;
+						totalSize += folders[idx].getLength();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} // end of walkFolder method
+
+	} // end of inner class
+	
+	/**
+	 * Inner class encapsulating the GUI work to be done from the
+	 *  background thread.
+	 */
+	private class RunnableGUIClass implements Runnable
+	{
+		public void run()
+		{
+			if (stopButton.isDisposed())
+			  return; 
+			if (!stopped)
+			{
+				sizeLabel.setText(Integer.toString(totalSize));		
+				filesLabel.setText(Integer.toString(totalFiles));
+				foldersLabel.setText(Integer.toString(totalFolders));
+			}
+			else if (stopped)
+			{				
+				setValid(true); // re-enable OK button								
+				stopButton.setEnabled(false); // disable Stop button				
+				clearMessage(); // clear "Processing..." message
+			}			  
+		}
+	}	
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Update the GUI with the current status
+	 */
+	private void updateGUI()
+	{
+		Display.getDefault().asyncExec(guiUpdater);
+	}
+
+
+}