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cannot find view [message #460789]

Wed, 07 September 2005 07:41

Pete

Messages: 26
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

guys, how do I overcome the following difficulty. I cannot programmaticaly find a view.
I do this
IViewPart view_part = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActi vePage().findView(ProjectExplorerView.ID_VIEW);
where ProjectExplorerView is my ViewPart.
So, when ProjectExplorerView is shown view_part != null otherwise it is null.So, I hide it, the result is null.
What is the problem?

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Re: cannot find view [message #460802 is a reply to message #460789]

Wed, 07 September 2005 10:58

Alex Blewitt

Messages: 946
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

That finds a view on the current page, and if it's not showing, returns null. What were you expecting it to be?

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Re: cannot find view [message #460815 is a reply to message #460789]

Thu, 08 September 2005 03:37

Pete

Messages: 26
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

thanks a lot for your reply.
I was expecting it to return not null anyway, so is there any way to do it?

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Re: cannot find view [message #460827 is a reply to message #460815]

Thu, 08 September 2005 10:26

Alex Blewitt

Messages: 946
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

What is 'it'? What are you trying to do? Show a view? You've shown code that if a view is visible, obtains its reference so that you can hide it. I don't understand from your question what else you are trying to achieve.

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