JavaHelp problems

Question

Hi
I am using JH2.0 with JDK 1.4.1. JavaHelp mostly works, but I am having a few problems that I cannot find answers for in the forum or documentation.
1. On first use of context-sensitive help, the help viewer opens at the default page, not the requested page. This has been noted by others on this forum, but no solution given.
2. If I select the "help on item" cursor, and click on a menu, I get the correct help; if I click on a menu and press F1 I do not; neither do I get the F1 help for any menuitem.
3. I cannot get findHelpSet to work - ever.
4. If I pass my helpset via a URL thus (where path is the correct path to the help directory), everything is OK:
            java.net.URL url = new java.net.URL("file://" + path + "\\helpset.hs");
            helpSet = new HelpSet(null, url);However, if I try to load from a jar in the same directory, I get an exception:
            java.net.URL url = new java.net.URL("jar:file://" + path + "\\Help.jar!/helpset.hs");
            helpSet = new HelpSet(null, url);
javax.help.HelpSetException: Could not parse
Got an IOException (The network path was not found)
Parsing failed for null
        at javax.help.HelpSet.<init>(HelpSet.java:145)
(I also have some very curious behaviour when a native function is called - JavaHelp stops responding! I will report more on this when I have done further tests)
Does anyone have any solutions, explanations, or know if these are known bugs?
Thanks
John

Answer 1

However, if I try to load from a jar in the same
directory, I get an exception:
java.net.URL url = new
L url = new java.net.URL("jar:file://" + path +
"\\Help.jar!/helpset.hs");
helpSet = new HelpSet(null, url);
javax.help.HelpSetException: Could not parse
Got an IOException (The network path was not found)
Parsing failed for null
at javax.help.HelpSet.<init>(HelpSet.java:145)Is your path relative? If that is the case, the jar: protocol cannot be used. See ID 4149782 in the bug database.
/M