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[IDV #TJT-927341]: search in help doesn't work

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  • Subject: [IDV #TJT-927341]: search in help doesn't work
  • Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:35:07 -0600
> Yuan-
> 
> On 8/8/11 10:11 AM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >> The search function in the User's Guide from the Help menu doesn't work.
> 
> > It is working here, can you give a another try?
> 
> I just downloaded the nightly build (Built: 2011-08-08 07:12 UTC) and
> installed it on my mac.  I go to the the Help->User's Guide menu to
> bring up the User's Guide.  I click on the magnifying glass and in the
> Find: field, I type in "zooming".  It just sits there with the busy icon
> (spinning disk on Mac).  This is the same behavior I saw under CentOS
> with the nightly build from a couple of weeks ago that we used in the
> workshop.
> 
> Don

I can see this error now from the nightly installation, some error like: 
exception while creating engine named 
com.sun.java.help.search.DefaultSearchEngine

Yuan

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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TJT-927341
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open