topic Should F1 display help on runtime qml types in ArcGIS AppStudio Questions

Should F1 display help on runtime qml types

rob_hewy — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 16:00:48 GMT

Should F1 display help on Runtime/Maps SDK QML types.

Is there a separate install for the help?

Is there a Preferences/Options setting that needs to be turned on?

Thanks

Rob

Re: Should F1 display help on runtime qml types

AdityaAllamraju1 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 20:16:17 GMT

Hi @rob_hewy ,
Thank you for reaching out to us. The developers are investigating in this case. We appreciate your patience.

Re: Should F1 display help on runtime qml types

StephenQuan1 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 03:29:03 GMT

Hi @rob_hewy , the help is accessible if you were to search via Help Contents.

If you wish the F1 context-help key to function a patch will be required. Fortunately, you can create the patch yourself using the following AppStudio App. After running it, you will need to restart Qt Creator to see the changes.

import QtQuick 2.15 import QtQuick.Controls 2.15 import ArcGIS.AppFramework 1.0 import ArcGIS.AppFramework.Sql 1.0 App { id: app width: 800 height: 600 Button { anchors.centerIn: parent text: qsTr("Patch") property SqlDatabase db: SqlDatabase { } onClicked: { patchFile("~/Applications/ArcGIS/AppStudio/doc/AppFramework.qch", 'org.qt-project.qtappframework.5156'); patchFile("~/Applications/ArcGIS/AppStudio/doc/ArcGISQtQML.qch", 'org.qt-project.qtarcgisqtqml.5156'); patchFile("~/Applications/ArcGIS/AppStudio/doc/ArcGISQtToolkit.qch", 'org.qt-project.qtarcgisqttoolkit.5156'); text = qsTr("Patched"); enabled = false; } function patchFile(fileName, namespace) { db.databaseName = AppFramework.resolvedPath(fileName); db.open(); db.query("UPDATE NamespaceTable SET Name = :namespace", { namespace }); db.close(); } } }

I am interested if this resolves this issue for you.

Stephen

Re: Should F1 display help on runtime qml types

rob_hewy — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:00:30 GMT

Totally worked!

The path is sensitive to where you installed the software.

The above works for the default settings which I did not use when I first installed.

A quick reinstall with the defaults, run the app, reopen QT Creator and all good 😁

Very surprised that ~ resolved to %USERPROFILE% on windows ... good job AppFramework and @StephenQuan1.

Thank YOU!