In order to run (or recompile) XMLmind Web Help Compiler: Java™ 1.8+.
In order to run a Web Help application generated by whc: a recent, preferably fast, Web browser. The Web Help applications generated by whc have been tested against Chrome (desktop and mobile versions), Safari (desktop and mobile versions), Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer 11, Edge.
Simply unzip
whc-X_Y_Z.zip
in any directory.
Make sure that you
have a Java™ 1.8+ runtime installed on your machine. To check this, please
open a command window and type "java -version
" followed by
Enter
. You should get something looking like this:
C:\> java -version openjdk version "24" 2025-03-18 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 24+36-3646) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24+36-3646, mixed mode)
After that,
you can run whc by simply executing
java -jar whc_install_dir/lib/whc.jar
.
C:\> mkdir XMLmind C:\> cd XMLmind C:\XMLmind> unzip whc-3_6_1.zip C:\XMLmind> dir whc-3_6_1 ... <DIR> doc ... <DIR> docsrc ... <DIR> LEGAL ... <DIR> lib ... C:\XMLmind> java -jar whc-3_6_1\lib\whc.jar usage: java -jar whc.jar [-v] [-p param_name param_value]* ...