Need some help with velocity templates for Jira Plugins

Question

hello,

I am trying to develop a plugin for jira and ive having quite a lot of trouble as i have little knowlwdge of how it works.

I have a plugin that: adds a button to the options menu in the view issue screen adds a tab in the same screen loads a /secure/action!map.jspa page from a success.vm file.

I would like to be able to load fields into this page like a version picker and a custom field myField

how do I go about accessing the built in fields?

i had a look at this post but it went over my head so some dumbing down would be much appreicated link text

Answer 1

Alex,

The WebWork tutorial plugin that I wrote for JIRA might help with the background of how it all works. Also, a crisp and clear description of exactly what you want JIRA to do. And then if you get really fed up, hire a consultant to do it for you. Disclosure: I'm in the list of consultants as "Consulting Toolsmiths".

~Matt