[Pcgen-trackers] [ pcgen-Bugs-998085 ] HELP tag in .pcc not quite working

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Bugs item #998085, was opened at 2004-07-27 02:41
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Category: None
Group: 5.7.11
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Eddy Anthony (eddyanthony)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: HELP tag in .pcc not quite working

Initial Comment:
There is a new tag for .pcc files - HELP: 
This tag lets you enter a path to an html help file which can then 
be accessed in the GUI by right clicking on the source.

It does not appear to be working correctly though. Instead of 
treating it like a relitive address it is treated as a web address in 
the same way as the source web tag treats it. This makes it 
impossible to point to local files in the PCGen directory.

I have a feature request to go with this bug. As it would be very 
useful to be able to include help files in the same directory as the 
sources I would like with a relitive link to be able to point to the 
data directory as well as the help directory. Maybe the relitive link 
should use the PCGen folder as the root directory.

Also could a HELP button be added in the GUI? next to the WEB 
button would be nice.

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>Comment By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Date: 2005-08-20 03:51

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Hmm, I need to review this again, sounds a little FREQ'y to
me - K

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Comment By: Reed Thornton (rthornton13)
Date: 2004-12-16 18:43

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I just tested this with the 5.7.11 autobuild (20041213-16-56)

Set gamemode to Spycraft.
Right clicked on "Spycraft Espionage Handbook" and selected 
product help. IE window opened with spycraft notes.
Line from spycraft.pcc:
HELP:data/permissioned/alderacentgroup/spycraft/spycraft/hel
p_spycraft.html

I also tested a straight http:// line and that worked.

The @\dir method didn't work.

Reed
QA SB

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Comment By: Eddy Anthony (eddyanthony)
Date: 2004-09-13 11:44

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I've written a doc tag entry for the HELP tag, this is my wish for how I'd 
like to see it work. 
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Tag Name: HELP:x

Variables Used (x):Text (File path)

What it does:

Use to point to an html or text file containing information which is 
(hopfully) useful to the end user. How to do things which may not be 
intuitive in the interface as well as work arounds for things which cannot 
be done in PCGen at the time would be listed.

The tag activates the Help button in the Sources Tab (does not exist yet) 
or can be activated by right clicking a source in the source list and 
choosing 'Help'. When including help files you only need to use their 
filename if they are located in the same directory as the PCC file, itself. 
If not, you must include path information along with the filename:

• you may use relative paths 
(e.g., PCC:..\peerdirectory\myothersource.pcc), or;
• a special absolute path 
(e.g., PCC:@\foogames\sourcebooks\foo\core\fhandbook\fhb.pcc).

Using the special character @ indicates that you want to start the file 
search from the root directory of PCGen instead of the directory where 
the current PCC file is located. You can also use a web address to 
indicate a file on the internet.

Examples:

HELP:fhb_help.html

Opens the file fhb_help.html, which is in the same directory as the .pcc 
file calling it, in a web browser.

HELP:@/Help/foogames/fhb_help.html

Opens the file from a path relitive to the PCGen folder. In this example a 
Help folder would have been added to the project CVS where the Help 
files would be kept.

HELP:http://www.foogames.com/fhandbook/fhb_help.html

Opens the help file from a web site.



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