[news.eclipse.platform.ua] Re: Calling actions when event element are cl

[Chris Goldthorpe <cgold@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This was the closest page I could find in the documentation. It shows 
the format of a run action.

http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/ua_intro_ext_custom_url.htm

You don't need to use the extension point to call an action from intro.

Mickael Istria wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here is what I want to implement:
> I'd like to have a custom welcome page with some items that call Eclipse 
> code when clicked. The best example I found to illustrate this is on the 
> Eclipse Welcome page, on the "Go to workbench" button. When it is 
> clicked, the workbench is opened (or the welcome page is closed, no 
> matter), this is Eclipse code, not a simple navigation in browser. Then 
> it is a proof that what I want to is achievable.
> However, I don't succeed to get started to implement such a thing. I 
> thought I could find some clues by looking at 
> org.eclipse.ui.intro.universal plugin, but I did not find sources to 
> help me.
> In my use case, the action to do when clicked would be to open a wizard.
>
> Could anyone provide me some ideas, advices, pointers or whatever that 
> could be helpful ?
>
> Regards,
> Mickael