If you use local help or intranet help,
you must periodically update the help content to ensure that you are
accessing the most up-to-date information.
About this task
Automatic updates are not
enabled by default. To enable the automatic updates, so you do not
have to complete this task to manually install updates, choose
one of the following options:- In the product, click . Select Enable
automatic updates.
- Open the Local Help Updater. Select the Automatic
Updates option.
If you do not choose to enable the automatic updates,
you can manually update content by completing the following procedure.
Procedure
To manually install updates:
- Depending on whether you have Internet access,
select one of these options:
- If you are connected to the Internet, complete these steps:
- In a browser, open the Help Administration page
by typing the URL that is in this format: http://localhost:port/help-name/updater/admin.jsp.
- Select the Update help content tab.
The Local Help Updater opens.
- If you are not connected to the Internet, complete these steps:
- On a computer that has internet access, go to the IBM Updater
website at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/ and download the compressed help-content
file for your product. The file name in this format: prod_coden.n_updateSite.zip,
where prod_code is the product
code and n.n is the version
number.
- 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.
- In a browser, open the Help Administration page
by typing the URL that is in this format: http://localhost:port/help-name/updater/admin.jsp.
- Select the Update help content tab.
The Local Help Updater opens.
- Click the Plus (+)
icon. Enter a Name for this help source. For
the File, browse to the location of the local updateSite.zip file.
- In the Installed Content pane,
if an
Update icon is displayed
next to a help feature, updates to that feature are available. Select
the help features that to update.
- Click the Update icon
. The updates are installed on your
computer.
- When the update is completed, open product and click to verify the update.