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Creating Effective JavaHelp
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Creating Effective JavaHelp

by Kevin Lewis
June 2000
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
192 pages
4h 53m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 1. Understanding JavaHelp

When I first saw a demonstration of Sun Microsystems’ JavaHelp early in 1998, I knew that Sun had designed a great new HTML-based help system that would answer most help authors’ needs. They proposed the best online help solution for Java applications and applets, and offered a great source for online help and documentation in general. Finally: online documentation that is easy to author, easy to use, and, best of all, fully functional across all computer platforms.

We are entering an age in software documentation where new HTML-based help systems are emerging and are trying to provide solutions for all help-authoring needs. With Java becoming such a widely used programming language, help authors need an HTML-based help system that is as flexible as the Java applications themselves. JavaHelp to the rescue!

To get you started learning JavaHelp, this chapter provides the following topics:

  • What is JavaHelp?

  • Using JavaHelp for online documentation

  • Understanding the files in a HelpSet

  • Following the JavaHelp process

  • Installing JavaHelp on your computer

  • Seeing JavaHelp in action

  • Deciding how to present a HelpSet

  • Deciding how to install a HelpSet

  • Encapsulating HelpSet files

  • Finding more information on JavaHelp

What Is JavaHelp?

JavaHelp is an online help system developed in the Java programming language. It is similar to other help systems, such as WinHelp and HTML Help, in that you use a table of contents (TOC), index, or word-search index to find and display ...

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