Question

I made Desktop App in netbeans platform in Java Swing. Now, how can i put myapp’s helpOfApp.pdf file in netbeans platform app(MyApp)’s menu bar?

Answer 1

how to add this .html file to menubar in my app?

• Add a menu item to a menu that is added to the bar.
• Add an Action (or ActionListener) to the menu item.
• Add an accelerator of F-1 (help).
• On action.
  • Get an URL instance using something like
    URL urlToResource = this.getClass().getResource("/path/to/the.resource");
  • Open a JEditorPane (non-editable, and possibly with a link listener) pointing to urlToResource.

See the relevant ‘keyword+java+tutorial’ for more details on each step.

---

Tip: ensure all resources (e.g. linked HTML, CSS, images etc.) are:

• accessed by relative path
• on the run-time class-path of the app.