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WorkbenchHelp.getHelpSupport() technical question... [message #183010]

Wed, 21 January 2004 12:59

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: leonki.yahoo.com

I'm trying to write a plugin that at some point automatically launches a
web browser with a URL in it. Here's part of the code:

IHelp helpSupport = WorkbenchHelp.getHelpSupport();
if (helpSupport != null) {
helpSupport.displayHelpResource("http://www.microsoft.com");
}

Every time this code executes, I get the following error:

Unhandled exception caught in event loop.
Reason:
org/eclipse/help/IHelp

Even when I create the simplest plugin (hello world) and put the above
code into the run() function (as well as add the required imports) it
gives me this error. I'm running eclipse 2.1.

Is there any other way to launch web browsers from Eclipse with a given
URL? Am I missing an important step somewhere???

Thanks.

Re: WorkbenchHelp.getHelpSupport() technical question... [message #183029 is a reply to message #183010]

Wed, 21 January 2004 13:21

Eclipse User

Have you set your plugin to require the help plugins in the plugin.xml of
your plugin?

Darins

"Leon Kiriliuk" <leonki@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bumelo$cr9$1@eclipse.org...
> I'm trying to write a plugin that at some point automatically launches a
> web browser with a URL in it. Here's part of the code:
>
> IHelp helpSupport = WorkbenchHelp.getHelpSupport();
> if (helpSupport != null) {
> helpSupport.displayHelpResource("http://www.microsoft.com");
> }
>
> Every time this code executes, I get the following error:
>
> Unhandled exception caught in event loop.
> Reason:
> org/eclipse/help/IHelp
>
> Even when I create the simplest plugin (hello world) and put the above
> code into the run() function (as well as add the required imports) it
> gives me this error. I'm running eclipse 2.1.
>
> Is there any other way to launch web browsers from Eclipse with a given
> URL? Am I missing an important step somewhere???
>
> Thanks.
>

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