Updating help content from the Help download site

Use the Local Help System updater to help ensure that you have the latest help content when the machine hosting the help does not have Internet access.

Before you begin

To update help content, you must first have installed help features from the Local Help System Updater Web site.

About this task

Updates are automatically installed each time you start the product while you have an Internet connection.

Procedure

To update the help without restarting the product:

  1. On a machine with internet access, obtain the compressed file for your product from the Help download site, http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/. The file has the format prod_coden.n_updateSite.zip, where prod_code is the product code and n.n is the version number. Copy this file to the computer with the product and extract the contents of the file.
  2. With your product open, click Help > Local Help Updater. The Updater site opens.
  3. Click theInternal Sites tab, and if the location of the uncompressed files is not already in Interal site, click Add (+), and enter the location of the extractedsite/site.xml from the Help download site. For example, if your extracted files are in c:\myHelp, enter c:\myHelp\site\site.xml.
  4. Click OK in the Add Internal Site dialog box.
  5. Click the Installed Features tab.
  6. Click Search for Updates. If updates to the content you have installed are available, they are installed to your computer. A progress bar indicates the status of the request.
  7. When the update is completed, open the help in the product by selecting Help > Help Contents.

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