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wagb4
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 Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:00 am Post subject: Getting JavaHelp to Work for My Application |
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I'm developing (on Windows platform) a Java desktop application using NetBeans 6.9.1 and it is close to being done so I made JavaHelp files but cannot seem to figure out how to get the help to show when in my app I click the Help menuItem. My help files work just fine when launched using the JavaHelp "hsviewer.jar".
My logic is a virtual copy of the example from the JavaHelp documentation.
HOW DO I GET NETBEANS TO FIND MY HELP FILES?
My problem is that I get "null" returned from the
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hsURL = HelpSet.findHelpSet(cl, helpsetFile);
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statement.
I'm not sure where the files should be placed so they can be found. My research into this resulted in me building a JAR file with my help files as content and adding that JAR to the project Libraries. I tried many alternatives as to where to place the files but nothing works. Neither running the Main Project or a Clean & Build then execute that outside NetBeans works.
Someone must have solved this already. Any suggestions are welcome.
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aiyaya_ayang
Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Location: United States
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:52 pm Post subject: Re: Getting JavaHelp to Work for My Application |
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| wagb4 wrote: | I'm developing (on Windows platform) a Java desktop application using NetBeans 6.9.1 and it is close to being done so I made JavaHelp files but cannot seem to figure out how to get the help to show when in my app I click the Help menuItem. My help files work just fine when launched using the JavaHelp "hsviewer.jar".
My logic is a virtual copy of the example from the JavaHelp documentation.
HOW DO I GET NETBEANS TO FIND MY HELP FILES?
My problem is that I get "null" returned from the
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hsURL = HelpSet.findHelpSet(cl, helpsetFile);
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statement.
I'm not sure where the files should be placed so they can be found. My research into this resulted in me building a JAR file with my help files as content and adding that JAR to the project Libraries. I tried many alternatives as to where to place the files but nothing works. Neither running the Main Project or a Clean & Build then execute that outside NetBeans works.
Someone must have solved this already. Any suggestions are welcome.
Jim |
Hi Jim,
I have the same problem before.
But I didn't solve it totally.
I used the following code to find helpset:
cl = this.getClass().getClassLoader();
hsURL = HelpSet.findHelpSet(cl, helpsetfile);
After this, before I run the app, I just added the helpset files to the directory where cl can find them.
My problem was: when I run the JUnit test, the help content presented, but when I run the whole module project, the help frame is popup without content.
Did you solve the problem?
How did you do?
Thanks.
Jing |
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Brian Ngure
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:46 am Post subject: Getting JavaHelp to Work for My Application |
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Hi,
This is what I use to load help files. The help files are in a jar file on the classpath. Hope this helps.
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