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Bug 326897

Summary:

[Help][Context] The context servlet is returning the XML when there is no description instead of jumping directly to the assigned html

Product:

[Eclipse Project] Platform

Reporter:

mgeritz

Component:

User Assistance

Assignee:

Chris Goldthorpe <cgold>

Status:

RESOLVED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

normal

Priority:

CC:

cgold, mgeritz

Version:

3.6

Target Milestone:

3.7 M3

Hardware:

OS:

Windows XP

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Patch	none

Description mgeritz

2010-10-04 04:33:09 EDT

Build Identifier: 20100617-1415

The context servlet is returning this XML when there is no description instead of jumping directly to the assigned html.

<context title="Sample View">
<description>null</description>
<topic label="Context-sensitive help" href="/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/ua_help_context.htm ">
</topic>
</context>

http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=rview&goto=630404#msg_630404

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Host remote infocenter with contexts (I am using Tomcat 5.5)
2. Connect to infocenter with rcp app
3. Press F1 on object with context help

Comment 1 Chris Goldthorpe

2010-10-05 13:24:35 EDT

Created attachment 180260 [details]
Patch

Comment 2 Chris Goldthorpe

2010-10-05 13:26:22 EDT

Patch committed to HEAD, Fixed.