If you are not going to use remote help to access the help
content from the Web and you do not have internet access, you must
install the help content locally. This topic explains how to install
the help content using the Local Help System Updater and the RDz8.0_updateSite.zip file
provided in the install image. The RDz8.0_updateSite.zip file
is located on the IBM Rational Developer
for System z Quick
Start Disk.
Before you begin
During installation, the help access option,
Download
help and access the content locally, was selected.
About this task
Before using the help for the product, you have to install
the help to your local system.
To install the help content on the
workstation using the Local Help System Updater and the RDz8.0_updateSite.zip file,
complete the following steps:
Procedure
- Extract the contents of the file RDz8.0_updateSite.zip to
a temporary location on your system. Remember this location.
- Using Windows Internet
Explorer as your default browser, open IBM Rational Developer
for System z,
click . The Local Help
Updater opens.
- Specify the location of the extracted RDz8.0_updateSite.zip file.
- Select Internal Sites from the Sites pull
down.
- Select the + icon to add a location.
- Select Local.
- Type a name for the site.
- Click Browse and browse to the
location where you extracted the contents of RDz8.0_updateSite.zip.
- Double click on the site.xml file,
and then Click OK. A progress bar opens and
tracks the status as the Local Help Updater searches for the available
features included in the RDz8.0_updateSite.zip file.
The internal site you specified is created and appears in the Site
List in the Available Content pane.
- Select the internal site you created. The Rational
Developer for System z documentation
features that are available for download appear.
- Select the IBM Rational Developer
for System z documentation
you want to install. The Install button is
now active (no longer grayed).
- Click Install. A
progress bar opens and tracks the status of the install.
- When the installation is complete, Close and restart Rational
Developer for System z.
- Select Window > Preferences and
then Help>Content..
Verify that the Local infocenter is enabled. Close the Preferences window.
- Select Help > Help Contents to
open the product help.
Results
The help that you selected to install locally is installed
and available on your system.