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Help System and Usage Tactics

If you do not mind not being able to navigate through the help document during a modal dialog display, you have nothing to do, just start WebGrabber through one of the documented methods (See Starting WebGrabber).

If this is too inconvenient, you can try using a help server.

  1. Edit the helpConfig.txt file by commenting the TYPE=JAR line (put a # character at the beginning) and by de-commenting the TYPE=SOCKET line (remove the # character at the beginning). Save the file.
  2. Start the help server (wghelp.jar) using either the double-click method or by typing the following command on the Shell/DOS box while at the WebGrabber directory:
    java -jar wghelp.jar
  3. Wait for a few seconds
  4. Start WebGrabber
  5. Check for error messages in either Shell/DOS box (if you are not using the double-click method)
  6. The help buttons and the Help > Contents should be enabled. If not, there is a problem somewhere and you cannot use the help system.
  7. If the help system works, do File > Open Topic Roots to display the Open Topic Roots dialog (a modal dialog), click its Help button; the help document should be displayed. You should be able to navigate through the help document now even if the currently displayed dialog is a modal dialog.

If you stop WebGrabber, you should stop the help server also.

 


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