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Subject:HTML Help and the Browser From:Sabra Aaron <saaron -at- JHUDIS -dot- DEV -dot- JHU -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:16:07 -0400
Hello. My group is looking into moving to HTML help (java based, not
Active X) to be delivered from within an Oracle-based application. The
problem is that our customers do not all have their web browsers located
in the same place and so the application's call to the browser would
cause problems. We cannot have the application hanging up, or require
the customer to do extra configuration or preference setting.
Is there a little, free HTML/Java viewer that we could hitch to our
application (or some other, better solution)? I'm imagining that when
the app calls HTML help, it would automatically load that little viewer
(a la WinHelp viewer) and not even bother with the big browser.
Sabra
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Sabra Aaron
Technical Training Specialist
Development Information Systems
The Johns Hopkins University
410-516-7694 vox / 410-516-3351 fax
