I think this is an "old feature" request. I have a large existing PDF help file
--- many hundreds of pages. Fact: it's not getting re-authored in Apple Help.
Even Apple does not use Apple Help for products such as Motion --- very few pro
apps do. So we work with what we've got.
I do have a large flat HTML version. I can launch the PDF or HTML from the Help
menu fine.
The catch is the Spotlight search box on the help menu --- users expect it to
search the help file regardless of the file format, with considerable
justification. The current "Apple help" features seem to be set up exclusively
to do things only the one true Apple way --- with a folder containing a html
web --- CFBundleHelpBookFolder.
But, I've found references to an older deprecated NSHelpFile tag, which sounds
a lot more like what I need --- just to be able to tell Spotlight where to pick
up the help file for the search box. I don't need any runtime support from
cocoa for the menu items. Any chance this still works and will be kept around?
Failing this, I'd like to know how to *remove* the search field menu item from
my help menu. I don't put it there for sure! If it is searching the wrong thing
(the system help), then that is a (user expectation) bug and it should be
removable.
Final note--- the CFBundleHelpBookFolder stuff looks to want the help
file/folder buried deep inside the app bundle's resources. That's definitely
uncool, users regularly ask tech support where to find the help file; they
expect to be able to find and look at it themselves without running the app.
So, I am planning to change my app to have /Application/myApp be a plain folder
containing the help and support files plus the myApp.app At present I have
that stuff in /Library/Application Support/myApp and it is widely
overlooked/confusing --- a customer expectation mismatch. If there are any
non-religious arguments against that I'm listening.
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