[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: StickyView -how to initialize as visible

[James Leotta <jleotta@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I am new to all this too!  Try opening the view after the default 
perspective is opened

PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActivePage().showView(View.ID);

I think the error is caused because the stickyview extension is creating 
a placeholder and then your are doing the same within the default 
perspective which creates the "view already exists exception."

Stuff to fool around with while we all learn.

Nigel Pickard wrote:
> OK, I'm definitely missing something here (I'm a relative newcomer to 
> Eclipse, apologies). This is along the lines of my reply to James -you 
> mention:
>
> "and if not open it ... then tie it to your main perspective"
>
> How do I open the view programatically?  I was under the impression the 
> way to do it was to use the default (as in default perspective that 
> opens when I first start the app after installing) perspective and open 
> the view there, e.g. if my default perspective is TestPerspective, under 
> its createInitialLayout method:
>
> public void createInitialLayout(IPageLayout layout) {
>  String editorArea = layout.getEditorArea();
>  layout.addView(TestStickyView.ID_VIEW, IPageLayout.RIGHT, 0.25f, 
> editorArea);
> .
> .
> }
>
> Is there another way to open a specific view (e.g. my sticky view) for a 
> perspective?  And where should I call it from?  I should add I've tried 
> searching the documentation and newsgroups about this but with no 
> success :(
>
> Thanks