JavaHelp full text search does not work

[Guest]

I am creating a JavaHelp project with RH 8 and have the full-text search option turned on. However, when I run the project and try to use the search function, the hour glass appears and the search is not performed.

Marion

[Guest]

Do I have to install a different JDK or how can I get a search that works?

[Peter Grainge]

Marion

I am sorry that your first foray into these forums is not getting the answer you want. Unfortunately there are just not many users of javahelp around here.

If I select Full Text Search there is a prompt to Install Java 2 SDK so it looks like you will get a prompt if the JDK version is wrong. There is some old information about JavaHelp on my site, not sure if that will help though.

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@petergrainge

[Guest]

Peter

Thank you for your reply. There is no prompt to install a different version and I already installed Java 2 SDK. So I have no idea, what I can change to get the search working. I would be very happy if anyone could give me a hint.

Marion

[Peter Grainge]

I'm thinking the best hint would be to look at the JavaHelp page on my site and see why this type of help is not popular. See Mike Hamilton's comments at the end.

It is worth checking with your developers with this format really is required, it rarely is the only option.

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@petergrainge

[Guest · Accepted solution]

I solved the problem!

The search couldn' t perform because RH didn't create the JavaHelpSearch files on my system. I didn't find the reason why, but I solved the problem by a work around with a batch file that is linked to the jhindexer. After generating the help set I create the JavaHelpSearch files by using this batch file.

Thanks to Peter for his information on his JavaHelp page. I already knew this page before, when searching for information about javahelp.

If you have any problems with the javahelp you may also find useful information on the javahelp.java.net/ site and in the javahelp tutorial  http://download.java.net/javadesktop/javahelp/jhug.pdf.

Marion

[Michael_GABO]

Look here:

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4632730

Check if you have many nonbreaking space in a topic in RoboHelp.

I had the same problem and found in one topic (html-file) many nonbreaking spaces. When I deleted all, I could compile a JavaHelp without problems.