Re: help buttons
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- Subject: [mg40352] Re: help buttons
- From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 04:37:24 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The University of Western Australia
- References: <b5uorj$lko$1@smc.vnet.net>
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In article <b5uorj$lko$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
Gianluca Gorni <gorni at dimi.uniud.it> wrote:
> In a notebook how do I create hyperlinks to a given page of the
> on-line help?
>
> For example I tried to make a button link to the page
>
> Help>Help Browser>The rowser>The Mathematica Book> Mathematica Reference
> Guide>Input syntax> Input of Boxes
>
> using Input>Create Button>MainBookLink. Clicking on the resulting
> hyperlink does not lead to the right page.
[1] If you can find the hyperlink you are after in the Help Browser then
you can copy the text and the hyperlink you need. For example, if you
evaluate
FrontEndExecute[FrontEnd`HelpBrowserLookup["MasterIndex", "Boxes"]]
(You'll see where this command comes from if you select a button or
hyperlink and go to Input | Edit Button...) and you are after a
hyperlink to, say, "input forms for boxes", you can simply copy this
line from the HelpBrowser, which includes the hyperlink and paste (and
edit) elsewhere. This Cell will contain
Cell[TextData[{ "input forms for, ", ButtonBox["2.8.12",
ButtonData:>{"2.8.12", "12.15"}, ButtonStyle->"MainBookLink"],
"\n"}], "Text"]
[2] The link you refer to above can be reached via evaluating
FrontEndExecute[FrontEnd`HelpBrowserLookup["MainBook", "A.2.9"]]
Here is the same information in a text cell as a hyperlink:
Cell[TextData[{ "Input of Boxes: ", ButtonBox["A.2.9",
ButtonStyle->"MainBookLink"], "."}], "Text"]
Cheers,
Paul
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