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+/********************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 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:
+ * {Name} (company) - description of contribution.
+ ********************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.rse.ui.propertypages;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.preference.IntegerFieldEditor;
+import org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.messages.SystemMessage;
+import org.eclipse.rse.ui.RSEUIPlugin;
+import org.eclipse.rse.ui.SystemWidgetHelpers;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
+
+/**
+ * A version of an IntegerFieldEditor which allows setting tooltip and help
+ * If value is outside of valid range, message will tell user what the valid range is
+ */
+public class SystemIntegerFieldEditor extends IntegerFieldEditor {
+
+   public static final String Copyright = "(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2003  All Rights Reserved.";
+
+
+	/**
+	 * the message for an empty field
+	 */
+   private static final String RANGE_MESSAGE = "RSEG0402";
+	
+	protected Composite composite_parent = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * @see java.lang.Object#Object()
+	 */
+	public SystemIntegerFieldEditor() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.preference.FieldEditor#FieldEditor(String, String, Composite)
+	 */
+	public SystemIntegerFieldEditor(
+		String name,
+		String labelText,
+		Composite parent) {
+		super(name, labelText, parent);
+		composite_parent = parent;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.preference.IntegerFieldEditor#setValidRange(int, int)
+	 */
+	public void setValidRange(int min,int max) {
+		super.setValidRange(min, max);
+		SystemMessage msg = RSEUIPlugin.getPluginMessage(RANGE_MESSAGE);
+		setErrorMessage(msg.makeSubstitution(getLabelControl().getText(), new Integer(min), new Integer(max)).getLevelOneText());
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Method setHelp. 
+	 * Sets the info pop help for this field editor
+	 * @param contextId the context ID for the help
+	 */
+	public void setHelp(String contextId) {
+		SystemWidgetHelpers.setHelp(getTextControl(), contextId);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Method setToolTipText.
+	 * The tooltip text
+	 * @param tip the tip to set for the entry field
+	 */
+	public void setToolTipText(String tip) {
+		getTextControl().setToolTipText(tip);
+	}
+	
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.preference.FieldEditor#setEnabled(boolean, org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite)
+	 */
+	public void setEnabled(boolean enabled)
+	{
+		super.setEnabled(enabled, composite_parent);
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * Method declared on FieldEditor.
+	 */
+	public void refreshValidState() {
+		super.refreshValidState();
+	}
+}