[osflash] Flash help files in eclipse

[Tim Scollick]

Martin--thanks a lot.  Nice work!

On 2/28/07, Martin Wood-Mitrovski <flashdev at relivethefuture.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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