You can download and update help content from the help download site.
Most help content is not installed when you install the product. To
access all help content on your local computer, you must download
it from the IBM® Local Help System
Updater website. Typically, the help content is retrieved from the
Internet so it is the latest available information. If you do not
have an Internet connection or have performance issues, you can access
help locally.
Before you begin
Ensure that you have configured the preferences to use local
help.
About this task
Before you can use the help for the product, you must download
the help to your local computer.
Procedure
- On a computer with Internet access, obtain the compressed
help-content file for your product from the help download site,
by visiting http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/. The file name has the format prod_coden.n_updateSite.zip, where prod_code is
the product code and n.n is the version number.
- Download the file to your computer that has the product
installed, and extract the file contents.
- With the help open, click . The updater site opens.
- In the Available Content pane, click Add (+),
the Add Internal Site dialog opens.
- Enter a name in the Name field.
- In the URL field, enter the location
of the extracted site.xml file that you extracted. For example, enter C:/myHelp/site/site.xml.
- Click OK, and then select this site
in the list of Internal Sites.
- From the Available Content list,
select the help content to download. Depending on the speed
of your network connection, the list might take a few minutes to generate.
- Click Install. The help content is downloaded and installed.
- When the download is complete, open
the help in the product by clicking . The
help that you selected is installed on your computer. When you start
the product, the help content is updated automatically if the computer
is connected to the Internet.