How to embed a .chm file in Executable jar file

[vijay_404]

hi,

I integrated a help file into to particular pacakage through IDE As Swings Application,and when executing the jar file following code identifies the particular .chm file at Runtime.

public static List getClasseNamesInPackage(String jarName, String packageName)
{
ArrayList arrayList = new ArrayList ();
packageName = packageName.replaceAll("\\." , "/");
if (getJar)
System.out.println("Jar " + jarName + " for " + packageName);
try{
JarInputStream jarFile = new JarInputStream(new FileInputStream (jarName));
JarEntry jarEntry;
while(true) {
jarEntry=jarFile.getNextJarEntry ();
if(jarEntry == null){
break;
}
if((jarEntry.getName ().startsWith (packageName)) && (jarEntry.getName ().endsWith (".chm")) ) {
String name=jarEntry.getName().toString();
System.out.println("name:"+name);

// java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 SHELL32.DLL,ShellExec_RunDLL "+executionPath+"/Prototype.jar!/"+jarEntry.getName());

java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 SHELL32.DLL,ShellExec_RunDLL "+"c:\\dist\\Prototype\\Super_Home\\help\\helpfile .chm");


but, the problem is i can't access the .chm file at the runtime while executing the jar file itself, and i am getting null pointer exception. how to solve this problem.pls...urgent

[Norm]

i can't access the .chm file at the runtime

Can you show the error message with its source line number indicating where the NPE occurs?

if(jarEntry == null){
break;
}
if((jarEntry.getName ()

These statements look like the code will exit the while loop when jarEntry IS NULL
causing a NPE when the getName() method is called.

[DarrylBurke]

I integrated a help file into to particular pacakage through IDE As Swings Application,and when executing the jar file following code identifies the particular .chm file at Runtime.

Once the .CHM is inside the jar it isn't a file. If you need to launch it, you'll have to extract it first and write it to the filesystem.

db

[vijay_404]

hi,
Burke and norm Thank you for your great support.I am able to findout the .chm file name only at runtime through the following code.

String name=jarEntry.getName().toString();
System.out.println("name:"+name);

But,the requirement is open that file at runtime when user action performed i write the following code.At runtime can't we open the file as .chm without extracting the jar file?..i need to be deploy like a jar file only at client machine.
i am new to using .chm help file, how to give a file path as file system at runtime jar execution?.....

if((jarEntry.getName ().startsWith (packageName)) && (jarEntry.getName ().endsWith (".chm")) ) {

String name=jarEntry.getName().toString();
System.out.println("name:"+name);
String executionPath = System.getProperty("user.dir");
java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 SHELL32.DLL,ShellExec_RunDLL "+executionPath+"/"+jarEntry.getName());
}


Thank you,
vijay

[Norm]

Did you see this from Darryl.Burke:

Once the .CHM is inside the jar it isn't a file. If you need to launch it, you'll have to extract it first and write it to the filesystem.

You'll have to open an output file and copy the .chm jarEntry to the file before issuing the exec() method call.

[DarrylBurke]

Or just migrate your help system to JavaHelp

db