I have a Helpbook that loads perfectly well when the application bundle is in the build directory, but the help screen comes up blank when the application has been moved from the build directory. I can't seem to track down why this is happening.
The help directory, helpdir, has been copied into the project directory. From there, I dragged helpdir to Resources, and selected "Create Folder References for any added directories." Interestingly, the Apple documentation suggests that "Create Folder References" should be used: "If you neglect to perform this step, your help book will work as expected on your development system, but will not work when you transfer the help book to another system." (http://bit.ly/doAmFm) I did use it, but this seems to be exactly the sort of problem I'm experiencing. Further data points: (i) I have gone into the application bundle itself an changed the directory name of helpdir in Resources. Then, I get the message that help is not available. (ii) I have renamed helpdir in the project directory. This has no effect on whether or not help is loaded by the application. (iii) I have gone to the original place where helpdir was created and renamed it. This has no effect on whether or not help is loaded by the application. (i), (ii), and (iii), combined, suggest to me that source of the problem is not a path problem the application looking elsewhere than for helpdir in in Resources subdirectory of the bundle. Two final points, (iv) when the help screen comes up blank, I can actually search for indexed keywords in the help file. The help window lists some (not all) instances, but I cannot click on any of the results. (v) I am using 10.6.4; this is the first time compiling under 10.6 for a project that was created and maintained (complete with working help) under 10.5. Any help would be greatly appreciated. How Apple Help works is often mysterious to me, but this is truly a mystery. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
