[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: Show view in Action.run( )

[Francis Upton <francisu@xxxxxxxx>]

Can you make this a small test case and post your code so we can see 
what's going on?

Ben Smith wrote:
> Hi Alles,
>
> I am new and wondering whether I could get help here. I have an Action. 
> I want that by Clicking it would cause several instances of a View to 
> show. However, using IWorkbenchPage.showView(...) did not show the view 
> content (e.g., a label or an image). The program seemed to skip it and 
> continue to run the code after the showView() statement (e.g., 
> System.out.println(...) or Thread.sleep(...)). If I inserted a 
> MessageBox after the showView() statement. The IWorkbenchPage.showView() 
> then displayed the view. Why do I need a MessageBox to have the view 
> shown? Can I show the view without the MessageBox? Any help please?
>
> Ben