Re: NSHelpManager +openHelpAnchor:inBook: Does it work?

FROM : Gerriet M. Denkmann
DATE : Tue Aug 01 10:32:39 2006

On 31 Jul 2006, at 20:35, <email_removed> wrote:
>
> on 06/07/31 9:32, Matt Neuburg at <email_removed> wrote:
>

>> I've never used help book anchors, but going to a particular page 
>> of the
>> help works fine (e.g. from a "?" button in a dialog) works fine. m.

>
> Yes, I agree that going to the top of a page works.  But I'm 
> beginning to
> think that maybe I'm one of about three people that has ever tried 
> hard
> enough to use anchors that it resulted in filing a bug report. 
> That answers
> my question, and would also explain why Apple does not seem to be 
> in any
> hurry to fix it.
>
> Workaround: Don't use help anchors since they seem to be broken in 
> both
> Cocoa and CoreFoundation.  Break Help pages into smaller pieces, so 
> the
> desired Help will always be at the top of a page, and use links 
> between
> them.


openHelpAnchor:inBook: sort of works for me (with a little help of 
the user):

1. App calls openHelpAnchor:inBook:; the Help page opens, but does 
not scroll to the anchor.
2. User clicks on some link in the help page.
3. App calls openHelpAnchor:inBook: again and now the Help page does 
scroll to the requested anchor.
4. From now on everything works perfectly.

Gerriet.