online help

[ravi janap]

Hi
I am trying to develop an online help as a menu item. However, I am getting IOException while trying to invoke the html document. Can you help me identify the problem.
The code is:

public HelpEditorPane() {
  super("HelpEditorPane");
  String userDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
  File file = new File(userDir);
  String parent = file.getParent();
  String pathSeparator = System.getProperty  ("path.separator");
  String fileSeparator = System.getProperty("file.separator");
  String pageUrl = "file" + pathSeparator + parent + fileSeparator + "docs" + fileSeparator + "userdocs" + fileSeparator + "index.html";
  System.out.println("pageUrl " + pageUrl);
  Container container = this.getContentPane();
  editorPane = new JEditorPane();
  try {
     editorPane.setPage(pageUrl);
  } catch (IOException e) {
    System.err.println("IOException while loading page " + e.getMessage());
  }  

I am getting the following output in console:
pageUrl file;C:\submission\docs\userdocs\index.html
IOException while loading page no protocol: file;C:\submission\docs\userdocs\ind
ex.html
Thanks
Ravi

[Peter den Haan]

You're going about this in entirely the wrong way. Package your online help in the jar, obtain its URL using Class.getResource() or ClassLoader.getResource(), and stick that in your editor.
- Peter