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Showing Local URLs in Browser [message #911377]

Tue, 11 September 2012 13:26

S. Schulz

Messages: 72
Registered: September 2011

Member

Hi everyone!

Two really short questions:

First off I can't find any documentation stating why

		Browser browser = new Browser(parent, SWT.NONE);
		browser.setUrl("file:///C:/index.html"); // returns true

won't work. I know it seems silly, but I am creating a help system and it would be nice to have access to local HTML files for development. Does anyone know something?

Secondly I have a general problem with accessing files inside plug-ins. I have a dedicated RAP plug-in with the Eclipse Help data. I am able to access these files with the bundle and read them with a InputStream, but advanced functions (like HTML anchors and pictures) of course won't work that way. Is there any way to access these files by URL?

Thanks in advance,

S. Schulz

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Re: Showing Local URLs in Browser [message #911480 is a reply to message #911377]

Tue, 11 September 2012 17:36

Ronald So

Messages: 198
Registered: April 2011

Senior Member

You can read this FAQ to register your local resource.

http://wiki.eclipse.org/RAP/FAQ#How_to_register_a_file.2Ffolder_as_resource.3F

Put the folder, say "help", inside a bundle, then register it as a resource. Then you can use the browser widgit and create the URL in this format: