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Re: Carbon CFM app

Oh when will I remember what email address the silly list serve expects
me to send from? (Apologies if you eventually get this twice, but the
first one is being held for moderator approval because I sent from the
wrong addr..)

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jessica Kahn <email@hidden>
> Date: May 13, 2004 11:40:47 AM PDT
> To: Steve Mills <email@hidden>
> Cc: email@hidden
> Subject: Re: Carbon CFM app
>
> Steve,
>
> My information on this may be dated, as I've not worked on the Apple
> Help project in some time. Forgive me if I'm incorrect in anything I'm
> about to write.
>
> When last I was involved, Apple Help's support for non-bundled
> applications on X was limited, because non-bundled applications were
> (are?) considered deprecated. As such, you really can't take advantage
> of the "automatic" help menu creation and handling offered for bundled
> applications.
>
> That said, you can certainly install your help content, and access it
> with the Apple Help APIs.
>
> To install your content, at runtime, you'll want to create an alias or
> a symlink to your help folder (Help Files) in the current user's Help
> folder. You can locate this folder using the Folder Manager APIs. It's
> path is ~/Library/Help/.
>
> Once the alias or symlink is there, the next time Help Viewer
> launches, it will add your help to its list of known Help Books. You
> can then call AHSearch, AHGotoPage, AHLookupAnchor, etc., from a help
> menu (of your own creation), or help buttons in your application.
>
> There's no need for you to put Help-specific keys in your plist (like
> CFBundleHelpBookFolder), as that pertains to the automatic help menu
> creation and handling that applies only to bundled applications.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Jessica
>
>
> On May 7, 2004, at 3:07 PM, Steve Mills wrote:
>
>> I searched the archives for this, but couldn't find anything (maybe I
>> searched for the wrong keywords). How do I format the
>> CFBundleHelpBookFolder plist entry for the location of the help book
>> if our app is not a bundled app? Our folder looks like this:
>>
>> reator 6.5 Professional
>> MultiAd Creator Pro (app)
>> MultiAd Creator Add-Ons
>> Help Files
>> blah.index
>> Help Files idx
>> etc...
>>
>> Also, to register the book when our app launches, do I simply give
>> the the FSRef of the app or an FSRef of the Help Files folder?
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Steve Mills Me: 952-401-6255
>> Senior Software Architect MultiAd
>> email@hidden www.multi-ad.com
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