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Tom Burns commented on OFBIZ-4941:
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Jacques,
1. Check step 4 copy
"ofbiz-component to applications/content/ofbiz-component.xml".
Clicking help calls the active theme which calls the logic in fieldlookup.js.
You are getting the messages from fieldlookup.js but the help app is not
loading. My guess is that it is not mounted in ofbiz-component.xml. Use the
copy in the last upload which has the line app-bar-display="false" to keep the
app from showing up in the main menu.
2. Re: "Of course this should grow with more help in the future." I have
promised to upgrade the current apps (as is) to the new system and provide
development and deployment instructions.
3. Re: "...content is very poor...", OFBIZ-4941 is just putting "lipstick on a
pig" or more accurately putting the pig in a penthouse :(. Content can be
addressed in OFBIZ-4868, OFBIZ-2219 or some other issue after 4941 is closed.
There needs to be some discussion and buy in on the dev list about requirements
for help content at that time.
4. I'll open the BIRT issue.
5. OFBIZ-5051 can be closed after this issue is committed. Note Carsten has
promised some additional help for Product and Order Manager. We can work on
that under what ever is decided for a content container as per 3 above.
Tom
> Proposal for a new help system
> ------------------------------
>
> Key: OFBIZ-4941
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-4941
> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Wish
> Components: ALL COMPONENTS
> Affects Versions: SVN trunk
> Reporter: Jacques Le Roux
> Assignee: Jacques Le Roux
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: SVN trunk
>
> Attachments: content.7z, docbook diff.patch, docbook-xsl-1.77.1.zip,
> HelpAccounting.jpg, help_content.jpg, help_ofbizhelp.jpg, helppdf.zip,
> HelpPerformanceReview1.jpg, HelpPerformanceReview2.jpg, HelpRoadmap.jpg,
> help_webhlep.jpg, jh.jar, LICENSE.html, OFBIZ-4941 POC HR Help.patch,
> WebhelpFiles.zip, WebhelpFiles.zip, WebhelpHRAppDocbook.zip,
> WebhelpHRAppDocbook.zip, webhelp.jpg
>
>
> Quoting Tom Burns at OFBIZ-4869
> {quote}
> This is a status update just to let anyone who is interested know that this
> item is being worked on.
> I started out using the OFBiz structure for help docs but after a while I
> needed/wanted something more expressive.
> Here is what I wound up using for development:
> Java Help System http://java.net/projects/javahelp/content
> DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide
> http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/docbook.html
> http://www.docbook.org/xml/5.0/
> DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/index.html
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/docbook/files/docbook-xsl/1.77.1/docbook-xsl-1.77.1.zip
> Help Master - FE for managing java help files. Best feature drag and drop
> TOC creates TOC matching file folder structure. Convenient launcher for
> viewing & testing. http://www.halogenware.com/software/helpmaster.html
> XML Mind XML Editor - Free Personal Edition is far better then editing in
> Eclipse. download from http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/download.shtml
> Tutorial - DocBook editing with XML Mind XML Editor. Worth going through
> http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/tutorial.html
> Read Me First style guide from Sun (cost from Amazon 1 cent + shipping)
> Attached are some screen shots of the results.
> Every screen is/will be documented in a similar structure. This is as much
> for defining requirements and testing as for help. More work but worth it.
> The screenshots show a Java Help format generated using DocBook XSL. This
> will likely not be the final presentation format.
> Note the Performance Review screen shots do not match the trunk. There is a
> bug in update screen and I did some clean up of labels and drop-down list.
> There are issues like this all through the application so I did not want to
> get bogged down with patches at this time.
> {quote}
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