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Anonymous
January 25, 2010
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RoboHelp 8 Eclipse Help Index/Search Problem

  • January 25, 2010
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When using RoboHelp 8 to generate Eclipse via the EclipseHelp.jsx script I encounter the following problem: WebHelp generates its own search and index which does not work once placed inside the EclipsePlugin.

Is anyone else using RoboHelp to generate Eclipse Help? How do you overcome this problem?

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    Hello Rick,

    Like Eclipse has a format for TOC, it has the same for Index as well. As of now the script (EclipseHelp.jsx) does not handle it. I am still working on that and should keep you posted.

    Thanks,

    Siddharth


    Hi Rick,

    Please find attached EclipseHelpWithIndex.jsx file which should also generate index.xml and show index in Eclipse index. Please restart eclispe using "eclipse.exe -clean" from command prompt.

    Let me know how it goes.

    Thanks,

    Siddharth

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    Anonymous
    January 27, 2010

    Hello Rick,

    True that the WebHelp generated search and index won't work inside the Eclipse. But when you create a new help system, Eclipse takes care of its indexing and makes content searchable.

    Refer to: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-echelp/

    Excerpt: "Documentation is provided with a collapsible index on the left side and HTML documentation on the right, and can be searched (thanks to the Apache Lucene search engine)."

    I created an help system and search is working fine in it. When you search anything for the first time, Eclipse performs re-indexing the help system.

    Is search not working on your help?

    Thanks,

    Siddharth Sodhani

    RoboHelp Engineering Team

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    Anonymous
    January 28, 2010

    Search appears to work fine but the Index that shows up isn't for my help but another one that is included with Eclipse the Web Application Dev. User Guide.

    Also the "Show" link appears on the help pages. When clicked the non-functional webhelp index and search appears within the help text pane. Attempting to disable this by unselecting In-Topic Nav Bar Element in the SSL properties doesn't work.

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    Anonymous
    February 1, 2010

    I have the show link problem fixed however the Eclipse Index doesn't see my help.

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