Downloading help content without an Internet connection

If you must access help content from a computer that does not have an Internet connection, you can install the help content from a file that you can obtain from the IBM® Local Help System Updater website. You must download the help content file using a computer that has Internet access and copy the file to the computer without Internet access.

Procedure

  1. On a computer with Internet access, obtain the compressed help-content file for your product from the Help download site at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/. The file has this format: prod_coden.n_updateSite.zip, where prod_code is the product code and n.n is the version number.
  2. Copy this file to your computer with the product, and extract the file contents.
  3. With your product open, click Help > Local Help Updater. The Updater site opens.
  4. Click the plus sign (+), click Local, and enter the location of the extracted site\site.xml file that you extracted in step 2. For example, if your extracted files are in c:\myHelp, then enter c:\myHelp\site\site.xml.
  5. Click OK in the Add Internal Site window, and then select this site in the Sites list. Available Features provides a list of the help that is available for download. Depending on your computer speed, generating this list might take a few minutes.
  6. Select the help content that you require, and click Install. The help content is downloaded and installed. A progress bar tracks the status of the installation.
  7. When the installation finishes, open the help in the product by clicking Help > Help Contents.

Results

The help that you selected is installed on your computer. The help content is updated automatically whenever you start the product while an Internet connection is available.

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