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Simply choose Help | Contents | Master Index. Exception is: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Sep 18 14:29:44 CEST 2000java.lang.Error: InvocationTargetException while creating engine named com.sun.java.help.search.DefaultSearchEngine for view: javax.help.SearchView@34dcd9 java.lang.Error: InvocationTargetException while creating engine named com.sun.java.help.search.DefaultSearchEngine for view: javax.help.SearchView@34dcd9 at javax.help.JHelpSearchNavigator.makeEngine(JHelpSearchNavigator.java:164) at javax.help.JHelpSearchNavigator.access$0(JHelpSearchNavigator.java:115) at javax.help.JHelpSearchNavigator$MergingSearchEngine.merge(JHelpSearchNavigator.java:293) at javax.help.JHelpSearchNavigator.merge(JHelpSearchNavigator.java:225) at javax.help.JHelp.addHelpSet(JHelp.java:313) at javax.help.JHelp.setupNavigators(JHelp.java:139) at javax.help.JHelp.<init>(JHelp.java:91) at javax.help.JHelp.<init>(JHelp.java:62) at org.netbeans.core.JavaHelp.createMasterJHelp(JavaHelp.java:471) at org.netbeans.core.JavaHelp.getJHelp(JavaHelp.java:428) at org.netbeans.core.JavaHelp.getJHelp(JavaHelp.java:402) at org.netbeans.core.JavaHelp.showHelp(JavaHelp.java:251) at org.netbeans.core.NbTopManager.showHelp(NbTopManager.java:222) at org.netbeans.core.actions.ModuleHelpAction$ActSubMenuModel.performActionAt(ModuleHelpAction.java:140) at org.openide.awt.Actions$SubMenuBridge$ISubActionListener.actionPerformed(Actions.java:503) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1450) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$ForwardActionEvents.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1504) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:378) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:250) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:279) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$MouseInputHandler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:886) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:3715) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:3544) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1165) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:2593) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1214) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:2497) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:2452) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:2217) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:2126) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1201) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:912) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:2497) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:333) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEvent(EventDispatchThread.java:103) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:84)
Should no longer occur (I don't know what build you're talking about anyway, but this problem has occurred several times and been fixed several times, it means a corrupt search database in most cases).