The Help toolset

Customized applications must show the standard copyright information displayed by Abaqus/CAE or Abaqus/Viewer. In addition, you can customize the copyright information at the top of the About Abaqus dialog box using the following methods:

• setCustomCopyrightStrings(customCopyrightVersion, customCopyrightInfo)

• setCustomLogoIcon(logoIcon)

For example:

from abaqusGui import *
from sessionGui import HelpToolsetGui
from myIcons import *
...  

class MyMainWindow(AFXMainWindow):

    def _init_(self, app, windowTitle='')

       ...

       # Add custom copyright info to the About Abaqus dialog.
       #
       helpToolset = HelpToolsetGui()
       product = getAFXApp().getProductName()
       major, minor, update = getAFXApp().getVersionNumbers()
       prerelease = getAFXApp().getPrerelease()
       if prerelease:
           release = '%s %s.%s-PRE%s' % (
                product, major, minor, update)
       else:
           release = '%s %s.%s-%s' % (
                product, major, minor, update)
       info = 'Copyright 2003\nMy Company'
       helpToolset.setCustomCopyrightStrings(release, info)
       icon = FXXPMIcon(app, myIconData)
       helpToolset.setCustomLogoIcon(icon)
       self.registerHelpToolset(helpToolset, GUI_IN_MENUBAR)

An alternative way to provide help in your application is to use special methods that allow you to post a URL in a web browser. For example:

from uti import webBrowser
status = webBrowser.displayURL('http://www.3ds.com/simulia')
status = webBrowser.openWithURL(
    'file://D:/users/someUser/someFile.html') 

You can use any valid URL syntax, such as “http” or “file.” displayURL will display the URL in a currently open browser window (if there are none, it will open a new window). openWithURL will always open a new browser window. No exceptions are thrown, but you can check the return status of these methods for success.