Omni Systems, Inc. Mif2Go User's Guide, Version 55
You can specify a button, a text string, or a
graphic for JavaHelp 2 to display as a window-access object for a pop-up
link or a secondary-window jump. If you specify a text string, you can
assign values to font keywords to apply a limited amount of formatting.
Table 11
Prefix base keywords with “Pop” or “Sec”
You must supply a prefix for each of the object-property
base keywords listed in Table 11
PopGraphic = ../graphics/popicon.gif
Table 11
When When When |
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When Type |
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When When |
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Pop-up window default is Secondary window default is Not all |
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* Prefix the base keyword with one of the following: |
Despite the limited font-tweaking possibilities
listed in Table 11PopType=Text
or SecType=Text
, unless you are happy with
a link that consists of a single >
,
<
, or &
character, or a little box (what you get when, for example, you specify
PopFontFamily=Symbol
and choose a character
from the Symbol font). See §11.8.1.3 Understanding JavaHelp 2 window-access limitations.
Multiple markers for each hotspot
To actually create a text hotspot with context-specific content, you would have to insert a collection of markers, all different, before every pop-up link or secondary-window jump in a file, to handle the varying text content and properties—to the limited extent that you can do so. See §11.8.1.5 Overriding window-access properties with markers.
Not all “special” characters work
Keep in mind that JavaHelp does not support the “undefined” characters with ASCII decimal values from 128 through 159, even though these characters are used heavily in Windows for quotes, bullets, and so forth. See §13.16.2 Replacing high ASCII characters for W3C validation.