Help not displaying when bundle moved from build directory
Help not displaying when bundle moved from build directory
- Subject: Help not displaying when bundle moved from build directory
- From: Curious Yogurt <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:21:30 -0700
I have a Helpbook that loads perfectly well when the application bundle is
in the build directory, but the help screen comes up blank when the
application has been moved from the build directory. I can't seem to track
down why this is happening.
The help directory, helpdir, has been copied into the project directory.
From there, I dragged helpdir to Resources, and selected "Create Folder
References for any added directories." Interestingly, the Apple
documentation suggests that "Create Folder References" should be used: "If
you neglect to perform this step, your help book will work as expected on
your development system, but will not work when you transfer the help book
to another system." (http://bit.ly/doAmFm) I did use it, but this seems to
be exactly the sort of problem I'm experiencing.
Further data points:
(i) I have gone into the application bundle itself an changed the directory
name of helpdir in Resources. Then, I get the message that help is not
available.
(ii) I have renamed helpdir in the project directory. This has no effect on
whether or not help is loaded by the application.
(iii) I have gone to the original place where helpdir was created and
renamed it. This has no effect on whether or not help is loaded by the
application.
(i), (ii), and (iii), combined, suggest to me that source of the problem is
not a path problem the application looking elsewhere than for helpdir in in
Resources subdirectory of the bundle. Two final points,
(iv) when the help screen comes up blank, I can actually search for indexed
keywords in the help file. The help window lists some (not all) instances,
but I cannot click on any of the results.
(v) I am using 10.6.4; this is the first time compiling under 10.6 for a
project that was created and maintained (complete with working help) under
10.5.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. How Apple Help works is often
mysterious to me, but this is truly a mystery.
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