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RE: [platform-ua-dev] PDE Tools -> Create Help Index?
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Thanks, Adam. I was able to get the ant task working with
your hint.
Since I am building the documentation content separately
(using WebWorks publisher
for those interested), I have not previously had any build
scripts at all. I
just put the script you suggested in a build.xml file
and built it manually.
So I guess the menu option present in 3.2 really did
disappear in 3.3?
Thanks again,
Doug
Hi Doug,
To create a plug-in index you should use the ant task,
as you mentioned. Your ant script should look something like the following (if
it's in the plug-in's root):
<project
name="<Your Project
Name>" default="build.index" basedir="." >
<target name="build.index"
if="eclipse.running">
<help.buildHelpIndex manifest="${basedir}/plugin.xml" destination="${basedir}"/>
</target>
</project>
When you
run the ant script you just need to make sure that it can find the
"help.buildHelpIndex" command. You can do this by running the script in the
same JVM as your eclipse instance. On the "JRE tab" of the Ant task launch
configuration there is an option to "Run in the same JRE as the
workspace".
I hope this
helps.
Adam Archer
Eclipse
Developer
IBM Toronto Lab
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Create Help Index? |
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Hello,
First off: I'm a writer, not a developer, and my
experience with Eclipse
and its build processes is limited. I'm also new to
this list -- if this
has already been discussed and I've failed to find the
info, apologies.
I'm trying to pre-build plugin index files for some
documentation
plugins
I'm building. I've found the few lines in the
Plugin Developer's Guide,
but I've not yet been successful creating an ANT
task to build the
index.
If anyone can point me to some slightly more
detailed instructions on
how to set this up, I'd be grateful.
In my
searching, I found a couple of references to a "Create Help Index"
menu
item on the PDE Tools menu. Not an automated solution, granted, but
it
would be handy to be able to build the index by hand, I thought.
Unhappily,
this menu item doesn't seem to appear in the Eclipse 3.3
builds (I've got
RC4 now, but I've checked back through a few of the
previous 3.3 builds and
I don't see it.) The menu item *does* appear
in the 3.2 builds.
Did
this menu item move somewhere else? Our product will ship on 3.3,
so it's
problematic to use a 3.2 build, even for the doc plugin.
Thanks for any
help,
Doug
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Douglas G. Dirks
IDL Documentation
Group * ITT Visual Information Solutions
4990 Pearl East Circle * Boulder,
CO 80301
ddirks@xxxxxxxxxx * 303-413-3919
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