I'm writing a GUI with Swing and I'm trying to integrate a microsoft chm help file. The problem is, I don't even know where to start. Can anyone recommend a library/tutorial as a starting point for a project like this? Specifically, I'd like to know about how to open/view specific pages or inidices (I don't even know exactly what the terminology for .chm files is) from java.
Thanks!
Two years ago I faced something similar, which made me remember of this discussion at Sun's Forum: http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5257850
Maybe this could be a starting point for you.
I actually decided to go in a different direction for this project in particular (one that doesn't involve a MS help file), but here's a couple of helpful links I found in case anyone else runs into this issue:
Wikipedia article on MS help format
jchm: a java library for using chm files. I didn't investigate it too thoroughly, but it's a starting point.