Re: Using PDF for help --- with spotlight search?
Re: Using PDF for help --- with spotlight search?
- Subject: Re: Using PDF for help --- with spotlight search?
- From: Russ <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:03:47 -0800 (PST)
I'm trying to get spotlight search support for my PDF help file, users expect it to work since the input field is there. This is legit: Apple Final Cut Pro has PDF-based help.
I've been studying what Final Cut Pro does--- it has CFBundleHelpBookFolder set to a folder containing the PDF, and it has a HelpMenu.plist XML file there to describe what items to put on the help menu.
Is there anything to officially describe and sanction this? (For example, I'd like to have only the spotlight search box set up this way, and leave the rest of my menu items in place.) I can give it a play, but that can come back to cause trouble later. The only docs I've seen describe only the "Apple Help" which isn't helpful here.
Final note--- the CFBundleHelpBookFolder stuff looks
to want the help file/folder buried deep inside the app bundle's
resources. That's definitely uncool, users regularly ask tech support
where to find the help file; they expect to be able to find and look at
it themselves without running the app.
So, I am planning to
change my app to have /Application/myApp be a plain folder containing
the help and support files plus the myApp.app At present I have that
stuff in /Library/Application Support/myApp and it is widely
overlooked/confusing --- a customer expectation mismatch.
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