Rational Developer for System z

Downloading help content with the Local Help System Updater site

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

  1. With Rational Developer for System z open, click Help > Local Help Updater. The Updater site opens.
  2. 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.
    1. On the Sites pull down, select All Sites.
    2. Select Rational Developer for System z.
    3. Select the version of the help you want to install. The Rational Developer for System z documentation features that are available for download appear.
    4. Select the check box next to the help you want to download.
  3. If Rational Developer for System z is not in the list, you need to add the location.
    1. On the Sites pull down, select Internal Sites.
    2. Select the + icon to add a location.
    3. Select Remote.
    4. Type a name for the site.
    5. Type http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ratdevz/v8r0/site/site.xml for the URL.
    6. Select the location you just created. The Rational Developer for System z documentation features that are available for download appear.
    7. Select the check box next to the help you want to download.
  4. 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.
  5. When the download is completed, open the help in the product by selecting Help > Help Contents.

Results

The help that you selected is installed on your system. The files are updated automatically when an Internet connection is available.

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