Re: [platform-ua-dev] Question regarding Infocenter mode

[Chris Aniszczyk <zx@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I still haven't found a good solution
to my question, or I'm just inept and implementing it :)

I'm having issues in having my bundle
activator getting called in my content plugin (I guess this makes sense,
because what accesses a class in infocenter mode?). What is the guaranteed
way to
hook into the infocenter so I can do
something on infocenter mode startup? I don't think there's a way I can
force my plugin to load.

Thanks for the help guys :)

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You can do dynamic toc's by taking advantage of the osgi runtime system
or via the update manager: have the toc's contributed by a number of plugins
which you will then install/uninstall using the osgi API's or, by providing
associated features which you will enable/disable using the update manager
api's. Dejan has successfully done this with the samples in the past, so
the support is there. 
Obviously, having the help system provide api's for dynamic toc's is the
best solution.

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For the content, I would start by looking at the contentProducer extension
point in org.eclipse.help. This should get you the content, but not the
toc. For the toc, we are aiming to have dynamic content for 3.2. By dynamic
content I mean filtering by os, arch, system property, activity, etc, includes,
and anchors. I'm not sure if this will be enough for you though, as it
sounds like your toc needs to be generated entirely on the fly.

Dorian or Dejan, is there currently a way to do this kind of thing?

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The goal is to add to the existing help system implementation. We plan
to add a SCORM eLearning system ontop of the existing help system where
users can add SCORM to their existing content. 

Another issue we are looking to tackle is that we have to generate the
TOC for these content plugins. The TOC can be dynamic (as defined in SCORM),
so entries can be "hidden" or remove at will. I was going to
take a look at the DynamicContentProducer along with some recent additions
to see what can be done. 

Is that enough information to go on? 

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Hi Chris, 

I was wondering if you could clarify the requirement for me - are you looking
to simply contribute content to the infocenter, or replace/add to the existing
help system implementation? If the latter, could I know your end goal so
that we can find the best solution to get to it?  Currently the WebAppManager
is not API and as such shouldn't be used directly.

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Subject	[platform-ua-dev] Question regarding Infocenter mode

Hello Ya'll 

I have a question regarding a best practice with infocenter mode. I have
to install a webapp via WebAppManager once the infocenter is started (only
once). This happened before in a plugin's earlyStartup() method but doesn't
apply to infocenter mode. Is there a best practice regarding this?

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