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ad75 Problem with Eclipse help when writing Apex code
I have a problem with the help features in Eclipse 3.3 (actually Flex3, which is based onEclipse 3.3). I have a workaround but this took quite a while to hit on, so I think that others might be struggling with the same problem.
I have a clean install of Flex3, and have installed the Force.com IDE plugin for Eclipse 3.3 exactly as described here. I have a force.com project working, and I can edit and upload code no problem. The probem is that if I search the Eclipse help, when I click a link to a help item, the links fail. A little investigation has shown that this is because no HTTP listener is active on the port number referenced in the help URLs. At first I thought that it was failing at random but I think I've spotted a pattern now:
Has anyone else seen this problem? Thanks.
PS: I also have a problem with Apex code auto-complete in Eclipse. See my reply to "Re: Eclipse - code auto-complete".
I have a clean install of Flex3, and have installed the Force.com IDE plugin for Eclipse 3.3 exactly as described here. I have a force.com project working, and I can edit and upload code no problem. The probem is that if I search the Eclipse help, when I click a link to a help item, the links fail. A little investigation has shown that this is because no HTTP listener is active on the port number referenced in the help URLs. At first I thought that it was failing at random but I think I've spotted a pattern now:
- When I start Eclipse, if an Apex code editor window is opened before I use the help function, help will then always fail until I close all Apex code editor windows and restart Eclipse.
- This includes the case where an Apex code editor window is auto-opened when Eclipse starts, as part of the saved IDE state.
- If instead I close all Apex code editor windows, restart Eclipse, then access help before I open any Apex code window, help will then work fine for the duration of my Eclipse session, no matter how many Apex code editor windows I open afterwards.
Has anyone else seen this problem? Thanks.
PS: I also have a problem with Apex code auto-complete in Eclipse. See my reply to "Re: Eclipse - code auto-complete".
JoshVHI have a similar issue. See my post with the subject "Eclipse Issue Loading Help". The workaround is the same. I was able to get the exceptions that is stopping the help from loading from the Eclipse error log.
ad75Thanks for replying - yes does look like the same problem. I get pretty similar log messages in my log file.