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Messages - dgclark

#1
Quote from: miturbide on 2011.10.10, 20:20:24
thank for the replies.

It seems that more of a mix between the browser, XML and HTML can be better competitor for the Information Presentation Facility under OS2-eCS.

The Eclipse help platform looks nice, it loads the browser and seems to run an http service to show the help (see picture - Lotus Notes Help). 
Example: http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/index.jsp

But for F1 help eclipse puts a window inside the application (eclipse application) to show an specific related HTML page or related topics links.

..just throwing thoughts to the air.

The Eclipse help system looks like it is based on the help system which first appeared for DB2 and VAC++ V 4.0. In some ways this is a very good help system, but it also has some major disadvantages

Advantages
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1. You are using a browser, so you can cut/paste and print easily
2. Simple HTML is an easy language (tagging system) so that it is easy to write documentation
3. Cross platform

Disadvantages
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1. It uses a browser to display the help. Browsers change frequently and a very slow to load
2. When using the system the TOC on the left can become out of sync with the help topic shown in the right. This happens when clicking on a link in the right panel that goes to another HTML file. The left/right arrow in the icon bar at the top is the manual way to resync the two side.
3. The IBM system does have a facility for searching across help files (html files) but it is cumbersome.
4. Likewise cross references can be a pain to write
5. For developers - The help "system" includes a number of components that must be configured correctly. That has created problems for the users.

My feeling is the best combination for on-line help is INF / Newview. The best printed documentation is in PDF format.

If you are writing documentation correctly, the on-line help will be different from the printed manual. But very few independent developers or companies have the resources to make both.
#2
OK - I found the answer.

1) Copy the file C:\OS2\ESTYLER.INI to a new file, to save it. (I was a boy scout: Be prepared!)

2) Edit C:\OS2\ESTYLER.INI and remove the application Shutdown.

Then reboot. AFTER the reboot, the shutdown will revert to the default shut down. In my case I have xWorkplace installed and have specified the extended shutdown there.

Apparently on bootup eStyler reads the eStyler.INI file and hooks into the shutdown routine/call.





#3
Applications / Default page size in Lucide
2011.03.14, 03:19:47
Is there a way of changing the page size used in Lucide when it is printing?

Currently every time I print from Lucide my printer wants me to load A4, and I have to tell my printer to use 8.5 x 11

BTW - Lucide is a great product.

#4
There used to be an option in the eStyler settings for turning on/off the shutdown. But it is not there any longer. There is no shutdown setting anywhere else that I can find - other than in the xWorkplace setup. But enabling that doesn't do anything - it never gets called.
#5
Setup & Installation / shutdown ECS 2.0 GA
2011.03.01, 03:57:05
Shutdown was working. Installed DB2/2 client v 5. Shutdown now hangs at, or immediately after, shutting down the network services.

Is there a way of changing the shutdown routines so that it uses xWorkplace shutdown instead of the shutdown in ECS 2.0? What is function/routine is being called, in which module, when I select Shutdown on the desktop?

#6
>>I do wish there was a current version of flash though.<<

Try the preview for flash 10. It is in the subscription area. I am not a big flash user, and the readme warns that it doesn't work on everything, but everything I have viewed with this worked OK.
#7
I can send you VAC++ v 4 if you send shipping.