General Troubleshooting
Here are some tips and tricks for troubleshooting problems using the ACTF validation componentry.
If ACTF fails to load or there are errors in the ACTF views
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Check the log for messages that ACTF plug-ins were not loaded.
Select Help->About Eclipse Platform->Configuration Details->View Error Log.
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Run Eclipse from the command line with the debug console enabled by using the debug and -consolelog switches.
This will open up a second command line window that will display basic
information about plug-ins and the status of the Eclipse workbench.
Look for messages at the top that indicate that ACTF plug-ins were not loaded
and look for stack traces that indicate that an exception occurred when trying to load an ACTF plug-in.
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Eclipse caches old information which may not match the current environment.
This is especially true if the name or contents of the plug-in have changed since the last time the workspace was used.
Use the -clean option when invoking Eclipse to clear out the cached information.
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Open the ACTF Preference Pages and use the Restore Defaults button to reset the preferences to the original defaults.
This action will clear any preferences that might not be valid for one reason or another.
- If you get an error pop-up, look in the Error Log View for more information
(Windows->Show View->Other...->PDE Runtime->Error Log).