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Trouble launching Eclipse Help System from program files dir [message #1805532]

Tue, 16 April 2019 20:27

Kyla Town

Messages: 4
Registered: April 2019

Junior Member

Hello,

I am using Eclipse version 2019-03 (4.11.0) to create a standalone help system for a non-Eclipse product.

I have been trying to launch the Eclipse Help System from C:Program Files\CompanyDir\ProductDir\DocDir\DocAudience\Plugins, but I receive the error: Could not find or load main class org.eclipse.help.standaloneHelp.

I cd to C:\Program Files\CompanyDir\ProductDir\DocDir\DocAudience which is the root directory of the Eclipse installation directory.

Then I run the command:
java -classpath C:\Program Files\CompanyDir\ProductDir\DocDir\DocAudience\plugins\org.eclipse.help.base_[version].jar org.eclipse.help.standalone.Help -command displayHelpWindow

The base help jar file is on my classpath. I can open the Eclipse application from Program Files, but not the Help System.

I can open the help system from directories outside of Program Files, but not from our Program Files directory.

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Re: Trouble launching Eclipse Help System from program files dir [message #1805539 is a reply to message #1805532]

Wed, 17 April 2019 05:53

Ed Merks

Messages: 33137
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Your error message says 'org.eclipse.help.standaloneHelp" where there appears to be a . missing before Help. Is that a typo? Also be careful with file names with spaces in them. Do you need quotes around the classpath's argument so that it's not interpreted as two arguments?

Ed Merks
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