For one of our production apps, we want to offer help to the user by displaying user-guide information using a ‘help me’ page action. We would love to display the user guide in the app when the users clicks the ‘help me’ page action button.
However, the user guide pdf is stored in box.com and its seems like box does not permit embedding using an i-frame widget.
Writing user guide text in a dialog box is not desired as it would mean double work when the user guide gets updated and could lead to inconsistencies. Screenshots are also possible but it means we would have to retake them if something get updated.
Another option is to use links that allow to open the user guide in a separate tab. This is somehow sub-optimal as you have to leave the app momentarily.
Wondering if there are some best practices, tips & tricks for displaying user guide info in the WebUI. Specifically:
- Recommended ways for offering help in WebUI Apps?
- Is there any way to embed a pdf or make it accessible via WebUI?
- Is there any way to bring specific user guide info into the tool without having more than one source-of-truth (i.e. help text in aimms + the official user guide)
