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Bruno Busco updated OFBIZ-1750:
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    Attachment: help_links2.patch

Adrian,
please find in help_links2.patch the implementation of the help links according 
to your suggestions.

I have added two help-ulr links in the ProjectMgr application just as an 
example:

The first one is of this kind: help-url="help?topic=CommonHelpTopic1".
In this case the help string is retrieved in the CommonHelpLabels.xml file and 
displayed.

The second one is of the kind: 
help-url="help?topic=ProjectMgrHelpTopic3&isUrl".
In this case the help string is considered to be an URL and a redirect is 
performed in order to display the page.

In this way we can have also the possibility to easily link to the help pages 
that could grow on Confluence as suggested by David.

Please review (I am quite new to Ofbiz) and let me know.

> Online user help link icon
> --------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFBIZ-1750
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-1750
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: ALL COMPONENTS
>    Affects Versions: SVN trunk
>            Reporter: Bruno Busco
>            Assignee: Adrian Crum
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: help_links.jpg, help_links.patch, help_links1.patch, 
> help_links2.patch, help_yellow.gif
>
>
> I have implemented an on-line help linking system the you can find in the 
> attached patch (help_links.patch) and preview in help_links.jpg.
> This is a short description of how it works.
> I have added a "link-url" property to the container tag. Now it is possible 
> to write something like:
> <property-map resource="ProjectMgrUiHelpUrls" map-name="uiHelpUrlsMap" 
> global="true"/>
> ...
> <container style="screenlet" 
> help-url="${uiHelpUrlsMap.ProjectManagerApplicationRoles}">
> When such a property is specified the container is rendered with a textual 
> "?" that contains an href to an help page url.
> I have included in the patch also a modified maincss.css file that shows a 
> more beatifull yellow icon like you can see in the preview.
> I have done some thinking about how to build the help urls with the following 
> requirements:
> 1) Should be possible to change the whole help site used with a single 
> modification in one file
> 2) Different help urls should be used depending on th locale
> To implement this I added the HelpUrls.xml resource file that in in the 
> framework and defines the following keys:
> - helpurls.prefix = the first part of every help url
> - helpurls.suffix = the last part of every help url
> - helpurls.hint = a string that is displayed when the mouse is moved on the 
> help icon
> All these keys are translated in urls and strings that are (or can be) 
> specific to the selected locale. I this way it is possible for example to 
> have the different languages help pages located on different sites (changing 
> the helpurl.prefix) or it is possible to have an help system that provides 
> different language help based on parameter attached to the url (something 
> like ?language=it or similar)
> The final url attached to the icon is made of the prefix, the container 
> specific help-url and the suffix
> Even the container specific help-url could conveniently be taken from a 
> resource file so that a change in the help system pages should require only 
> the resource file modification and not all the screens.
> I have included in the patch a single modified screen that uses the help 
> links. This is one of the Project Manager Application that is available at 
> this link:
> https://localhost:8443/projectmgr/control/MyTasks
> Could you please review the system?

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