Help with help
Help with help
- Subject: Help with help
- From: Kent Glenn <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 10:58:23 -0700
Is there a specific help format that is preferred for doing help? I know
it used to be Apple Guide, but most everything I see now is using Help
Viewer. I don't see anything that comes with the Developer Tools, that
relates to generating help files. Should I still use the older "Apple
Help SDK"?
When looking at NSHelpManager, it looks like they want you to use .rtf
files.
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From NSHelpManager...
To specify a help file for your application, do one of the following:
In Project Builder, specify the name of the help file in the Project
Attributes inspector. The specified value can be a full or relative
path, and if it is relative, it is assumed to be a resource in the
application wrapper.
As an alternative, you can place the help file in your application
wrapper and name it after your application. If you haven't specified a
help file, NSHelpManager looks in the application wrapper for an
appropriately named file.It must be an RTF file called appName.rtf
(where appName is the name of the application).
It's possible for applications to have more than one command under the
Help menu and to have each command open a different help file. To
implement this, connect each of the Help menu commands to a different
action method. The action methods should send openFile: to the shared
NSWorkspace object to open the appropriate help file. For example:
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Thanks everyone...
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Kent Glenn