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Re: Do indexes created on OSX work on OS9?

The indexing tool on X was never tested for its ability to work for Help content on 9.x; it might work, it might not, and it probably depends upon what you're trying to do with it. That said, the 1.2 indexing tool isn't the newest available for content on 9.x, and that might explain at least some of your problems. Otherwise...

Key differences between 9.x and X with respect to indexing are:

1) the tool on X doesn't require that all of your html files have the TEXT/hbwr type and creator, but the Help Viewer on 9.x might, and the tool on 9.x certainly does.

2) the Help Viewer on 9.x is expecting your index files to have resource forks, but the tool on X doesn't create index files with resource forks.

I think your best bet is going to be to ensure that all of your html files have the TEXT/hbwr type and creator set, at least for when you go to index them (stripping them of their resource forks later is appropriate, if you desire to do so, on X only), and then index with the 1.3.x version of the tool that's available as a part of the CarbonLib SDK. Download that from <ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Development_Kits/ CarbonLib_1.6GM_SDK.img.bin>.

Hope this helps to sort things out.

--Jessica



On Friday, November 8, 2002, at 04:13 PM, dom wrote:

I've indexed my help on OSX using Apple Help Indexing Tool 1.3.2. Everything
works fine on OSX. On OS9 the search results come back correctly but the
links don't go anywhere. If I index the same help on OS9 with Apple Help
Indexing tool 1.2 it works correctly on both platforms but I get a lot fewer
results. The results that I do get aren't even highly ranked.

Why do I get fewer result on the same search term?

Can Help indexed on OSX work on OS9?

Is there anyway to see the path the help view is attempting to open?

TIA,
-Dom
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