Updating the help content

If you use local help or intranet help, you can update the help content to ensure that you are accessing the most up-to-date information. Automatic updates are not enabled by default.

About this task

You can enable the automatic updates or manually install updates.

To enable automatic updates in the Rational DOORS client, click Help > Contents and Index. In the Help window, click Help > Preferences > Help > Local Help Updater. Select Enable automatic updates.

If you do not enable the automatic updates, you can manually update content by completing the following procedure.

If you installed help on your computer, you can update the help content by downloading updates in the Local Help Updater or from a compressed file that you downloaded from the IBM Updater website at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/.

If you configured an intranet server to provide access to help content locally, download the content from the IBM® Updater website. You can use the IBM Updater website when you do not have Internet access on the server that hosts the help or when the connection is slow or unreliable.

Procedure

To manually install updates:

  1. Depending on whether you have Internet access, select one of these options:
    • If you are using an Internet connection to update the help, complete these steps:
      1. In a browser, open the Help Administration page by typing a URL that is in this format: http://localhost:port/help-name/updater/admin.jsp. To determine the server name, port, and help name, see Help server administration.
      2. From the Tools list, select the Update Help Content. The Local Help Updater opens.
    • If you are not using an Internet connection to update the help, complete these steps:
      1. On a computer that has Internet access, go to http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/ and download the compressed help-content file for your product. The file name is in this format: prod_coden.n_updateSite.zip, where prod_code is the product code and n.n is the version number.
      2. Move the updateSite.zip file to the location where the help web archive file is running to host the information center. That location is either your computer or the intranet server.
      3. In a browser, open the Help Administration page by typing a URL that is in this format: http://localhost:port/help-name/updater/admin.jsp. To determine the server name, port, and help name, see Help server administration.
      4. From the Tools list, select the Update Help Content. The Local Help Updater opens.
      5. Click the Plus (+) icon. Enter a name for this help source. Browse to and select the local updateSite.zip file.
  2. In the Installed Content pane, if Update icon Update icon is displayed next to a help feature, updates to that help feature are available. Select the help features to update.
  3. Click the Update icon Update icon. The updates are installed to the help content on your computer.
  4. After the update is completed, verify the update by opening the Rational DOORS client and clicking Help > Contents and Index.

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