It seems like to me that for most kinds of simple help that it would be better to use html and store the documents in the jar. Java can display simple html well enough for help.
Larry On 9/17/07, Sunburned Surveyor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I decided that I would try Peppe's idea of using PDF files as embedded > help in OpenJUMP. > > I'm going to have a "help" button in some of the dialogs in my Super > Select Tool. The button will open a designated PDF file using a PDF > viewer/reader. > > I would like to know if we can use a common variable to store the > location of the PDF file the user would like to use to view the help > files. I can set this up for just my plug-in, but then we might get a > situation where the user is specifying his PDF viewer for everyone's > plug-in, and that would stink. > > I was thinking that we could use a text file with the path to the PDF > viewer, or that we might have an entry in the Registry. > > What do you guys think? > > Is there a way to use the Java runtime to dynamically determine which > program should be executed for a specific file type? (That would be > too cool!) > > The Sunburned Surveyor > > P.S. - I'm going to try to use ProcessBuilder to fire up the PDF > viewer with the correct help file. I've got the command down using the > Microsoft Windows terminal, so I think ProcessBuilder will do the > trick for me. > > If others will use this system to present embedded help I will try to > wrap my code in a simple API that everyone can use. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > -- http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
