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| <h2>Active help</h2> |
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| <p>Active help is the ability to invoke Eclipse code from on-line |
| documentation. It is implemented by including some JavaScript in your |
| documentation that describes a class that should be run inside the Eclipse |
| platform. </p> |
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| <p>For example, instead of writing, "Go to the Window Menu and open the |
| message dialog," your on-line help can include a link that will open your |
| application's message dialog for the user. Active help links look like hyperlinks in |
| the on-line help.</p> |
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| <p>Below is an active help link that opens the cheatsheet "Creating an Eclipse plug-in". |
| We will take a look at how to create and reference your own actions.</p> |
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| <p><a href='javascript:liveAction( |
| "org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets", |
| "org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets.OpenCheatSheetFromHelpAction", |
| "org.eclipse.pde.helloworld")'>Open a cheatsheet</a>.</p> |
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