JavaHelpTM System User's Guide
JavaHelp 2.0 - October 2004

This user's guide contains the following sections:

Release Information

A description of the contents of the JavaHelp release.

JavaHelp System Overview

A general overview of the JavaHelp system. Describes features, usage scenarios, and other technical details.

Authoring Help Information

A guide for help authors. Describes how to: set up a help system, use popups and secondary windows, use context-sensitive help, use full-text search, and package help information for delivery to users.

Programming with the JavaHelp System

A guide for developers. Describes how to: add JavaHelp to applications, implement context-sensitive help, embed JavaHelp components into applications, and develop lightweight Java components that can be added to help topics.

Localizing Help Information

A guide for localizers of JavaHelp systems.

This guide is available in PDF format at:
   doc\jhug.pdf
The JavaHelp helpset for this guide can be found at:
   doc\jhug

Keeping in Touch

The following is a list of ways to obtain and share information about the JavaHelp system.

Feedback

Comments and questions about how the JavaHelp system software works are welcome. Please review the FAQ at our home page, and if your question is not covered, send email by using the following web page:

   http://java.sun.com/docs/forms/javahelp-sendusmail.html

If you have comments on the JavaHelp specification, instead of the web page above, please send comments to:

   jsr-97-comments@jcp.org

Your email messages will be read. However, due to the large volume of email, we might not be able to respond personally.

Mailing List

The JavaHelp team maintains a mailing list for disseminating information about JavaHelp system updates and events.

To subscribe:

  1. Send mail to listserv@javasoft.com.

  2. In the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE JAVAHELP-INFO.

Discussion group (JAVAHELP-INTEREST)

Sun maintains a mailing list as a JavaHelp community resource where interested parties can post and exchange information and inquiries about the JavaHelp system in a public forum. Subscribers to this list can receive inquiries either as they are posted or in regular digest versions.

To subscribe:

  1. Send mail to: listserv@javasoft.com.

  2. In the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE JAVAHELP-INTEREST.

To view archives, manage your subscription, or to unsubscribe, go to:

   http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/javahelp-interest.html


Web Site

Other information can be obtained at our web site at:

   http://java.sun.com/products/javahelp


We hope to hear from you!