To aid in the validation of plug-ins during plug-in development, ACTF contributes the Eclipse Application with ACTF launch configuration to the Plug-in Development Environment (PDE). This configuration allows you to run an instance of the Eclipse workbench with designated plug-ins (including those plug-ins that you are developing). The ACTF validation engine is active in this workbench instance and will generate validation reports as you use the launched workbench instance.
To launch an Eclipse Application (formerly known as a 'Runtime Workbench') with ACTF, simply select Run>Run As...>Eclipse Application with ACTF. The only difference between this configuration dialog and that for the PDE Eclipse Application launch configuration dialog is the additional ACTF tab, which contains a read-only field that reminds you to configure ACTF via the ACTF preference pages.
Press the New button , give the configuration a name, input desired arguments, and
press the Run button.
Note: The Eclipse Application with ACTF configuration supports only the run and not the debug mode.