This topic explains how to download help content from the
Local Help System Updater site.
Before you begin
To access all help content locally, you need to download it
from the IBM® Local Help System
Updater Web site or from the
RDz8.0_updateSite.zip file
found in the
install_localhelp directory of the Quick
Start Disk.
About this task
Before using the locally installed help for the product,
you have to download the help to your local system.
To install the
help content from the RDz8.0_updateSite.zip file
found in the install_localhelp directory of the Quick
Start Disk, see Installing help content locally using the Local Help Updater and the RDz8.0_updateSite.zip file
To download the help content from the Local
Help System Updater site, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- With Rational
Developer for System z open,
click . The Updater site
opens.
- In the Available Content pane, select
the help you want to download. For the IBM Rational Developer
for System z,
select Rational
Developer for System z.
- On the Sites pull down, select All
Sites.
- Select Rational
Developer for System z.
- Select the version of the help you want to install.
The Rational
Developer for System z documentation
features that are available for download appear.
- Select the check box next to the help you want to download.
- If Rational
Developer for System z is
not in the list, you need to add the location.
- On the Sites pull down, select Internal
Sites.
- Select the + icon to add a location.
- Select Remote.
- Type a name for the site.
- Type http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ratdevz/v8r0/site/site.xml for
the URL.
- Select the location you just created. The Rational
Developer for System z documentation
features that are available for download appear.
- Select the check box next to the help you want to download.
- Click Install. The
help content is downloaded and installed. A progress bar opens and
tracks the status of the download.
Note: Depending on your network
connection speed, this operation might take a few minutes.
- When the download is completed, open the help in the product
by selecting
Results
The help that you selected is installed on your system. The
files are updated automatically when an Internet connection is available.