[osflash] Flash help files in eclipse

[Martin Wood-Mitrovski]

In response to a thread on the MTASC mailing list i've created a small eclipse 
plugin which will convert the flash help to eclipse help format.

If you download this :

http://relivethefuture.com/code/org.asdt.helpgen_1.0.0.jar

and put it in your eclipse plugins directory then you should get a new entry on 
the help menu 'Convert Flash Help' (you will have to restart eclipse if its 
running first)

When you click this a dialog appears for you to find the folder where your flash 
help lives, im on XP and mine was here :

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash 
8\en\Configuration\HelpPanel\Help

make sure you choose that 'Help' directory within the 'HelpPanel' directory, it 
should have subdirectories for the flash help content.

When you hit ok it will generate a new plugin in your eclipse plugins folder 
called 'org.asdt.flashhelp'

simply restart eclipse and you should have all your flash help in the table of 
contents.

Note that it doesnt copy the actual html files into the plugin, the plugin is 
just a set of contents that refers to the original files.

NOTE: apparently on OSX you have to change the permissions of the created plugin 
to 666 before it shows up in eclipse. Im looking into fixing this at the moment.

thanks,

Martin

http://relivethefuture.com/choronzon