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Hi. I need to add help to an application. I'd like the standard table
of contents plus the ability to search by keywords.

I can easily, if not too quickly, write something from scratch. But
are there any built in libraries or other shortcuts that people would
recommend which would allow me to easily create integrated program
help?

Ross wrote:
> Hi. I need to add help to an application. I'd like the standard table
> of contents plus the ability to search by keywords.
>
> I can easily, if not too quickly, write something from scratch. But
> are there any built in libraries or other shortcuts that people would
> recommend which would allow me to easily create integrated program
> help?

Would JavaHelp suit?
<http://javahelp.java.net/>

--
Lew

On 7/13/2011 5:10 AM, lewbloch wrote:
> Ross wrote:
>> Hi. I need to add help to an application. I'd like the standard table
>> of contents plus the ability to search by keywords.
>>
>> I can easily, if not too quickly, write something from scratch. But
>> are there any built in libraries or other shortcuts that people would
>> recommend which would allow me to easily create integrated program
>> help?
>
> Would JavaHelp suit?
> <http://javahelp.java.net/>
>
> --
> Lew

Is there any library to built a *local* help (not online)?

On Jul 13, 4:47*am, Warren Tang <nos...@tangcs.com> wrote: --
> Is there any library to built a *local* help (not online)?

I'd also prefer to use an offline solution.

I'm going to give this a trial. http://www.pdfhelp.org/

On 7/13/2011 1:38 AM, Ross wrote:
> On Jul 13, 4:47 am, Warren Tang<nos...@tangcs.com> wrote: --
>> Is there any library to built a *local* help (not online)?
>
> I'd also prefer to use an offline solution.


I'm 90% sure that when Java Help says "online solution" they mean the
help is provided electronically with the program. It doesn't mean you
are required to browse the web.

The traditional use of "offline" with regard to help is a book or
printed manual. This is 1960/1970's terminology, but it's still with us
nevertheless.

Warren Tang wrote:
> lewbloch wrote:
>> Ross wrote:
>>> Hi. I need to add help to an application. I'd like the standard table
>>> of contents plus the ability to search by keywords.
>
>>> I can easily, if not too quickly, write something from scratch. But
>>> are there any built in libraries or other shortcuts that people would
>>> recommend which would allow me to easily create integrated program
>>> help?
>
>> Would JavaHelp suit?
>> <http://javahelp.java.net/>
>
> Is there any library to built a *local* help (not online)?

Yes, there's JavaHelp.
http://javahelp.java.net/
«The JavaHelp system is a Java Platform, Standard Edition ("Java SE")
optional package.»
as a cursory reading of the first page of the site reveals.

--
Lew

markspace <-@.> writes:

> On 7/13/2011 1:38 AM, Ross wrote:
>> On Jul 13, 4:47 am, Warren Tang<nos...@tangcs.com> wrote: --
>>> Is there any library to built a *local* help (not online)?
>>
>> I'd also prefer to use an offline solution.
>
>
> I'm 90% sure that when Java Help says "online solution" they mean the
> help is provided electronically with the program. It doesn't mean you
> are required to browse the web.
>
> The traditional use of "offline" with regard to help is a book or
> printed manual. This is 1960/1970's terminology, but it's still with
> us nevertheless.

Javahelp uses HTML, but the help pages don't have to be on the web. You
can bundle them with your program and keep them on the local file
system.

I used Javahelp a couple of years back and ended up very frustrated,
because it wasn't a good fit for what I wanted to do. If I had it to do
over again I would just start from scratch. My advice would be to try
it, but not to waste too much time fighting with it if it isn't what you
need.

--
Jim Janney

I didn't get on well with PdfHelp. My sample application just sat
there not bringing up the window I expected while my processor was
working hard at something. JavaHelp is more heavy duty than I needed.
I just built my own History browser, based around a JTree and a
JEditorPane, with one XML file to organise a number of HTML help
pages. Still have to write the help contents, but at least it's fairly
simple. I still have to write a keyword search function, but that
shouldn't be too difficult. Especially since my help should be small
enough that I can search live, rather than having to precompute an
index.

On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:31:49 -0700 (PDT), Ross <>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>Hi. I need to add help to an application. I'd like the standard table
>of contents plus the ability to search by keywords.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/help.html
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
One thing I love about having a website, is that when I complain about
something, I only have to do it once. It saves me endless hours of grumbling.

On Jul 14, 5:24*am, Roedy Green <see_webs...@mindprod.com.invalid>
wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:31:49 -0700 (PDT), Ross <rossclem...@gmail.com>
> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>
> >Hi. I need to add help to an application. I'd like the standard table
> >of contents plus the ability to search by keywords.
>
> seehttp://mindprod.com/jgloss/help.html

Hi. The Java glossary is a very useful resource in general. But, I'm
not sure how the entry on "help" is relevant to the current question.