RE: Help File from SPDL

["Stephen Blair" <Stephen_Blair(at)Softimage.COM>]

Hi Till

 

I don't see anything in the SDK docs about using an environment variable to set HelpFile in a SPDL file.

 

For .hlp files, XSI looks in the Factory location (eg the XSI installation folder).

 

Otherwise you do have to specify a path.

 

Steve

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Till Eisele
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:16 AM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Help File from SPDL

uhu,

nobody, no clue ?

even at Softimage ?

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De : owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] De la part de Till Eisele
Envoyé : mardi 29 août 2006 13:58
À : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Objet : Help File from SPDL

Hi all,

does anyone know how to properly set the 'HelpFile' topic in a (shader) SPDL file ?

If writing an URL, like http://www.softimage.com, or file://C://users/Softimage/XSI5.0/Addons/BlahBlah/test.htm", it works well.

 

But what if we want to avoid hard coded path ?

SDK documentation mention that variables like ${XSI_USERHOME} can be used, but apparently, when passing it that way, the variable is not resolved.

However, inside SI SPDL's we can find that help files are referenced that way :

HelpFile = "Help/<nameofhelp>.hlp";

HelpID = <a number>;

So we can guess there is some sort of default search.

 

Till.