Updating help from the help download site

Use the local help updater to ensure that you have the latest help content when the computer that hosts the help does not have Internet access.

Before you begin

To update help content, you must have installed help features from the help updater site.

About this task

If your computer is connected to the Internet, the help content is updated automatically when you start the product.

Procedure

To update the help without restarting the product:

  1. 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.
  2. Download the file to your computer that has the product installed, and extract the file contents.
  3. With the help open, click File > Local Help Updater. The updater site opens.
  4. In the Available Content pane, click Add (+), the Add Internal Site dialog opens.
  5. Enter a name in the Name field.
  6. In the URL field, enter the location of the extracted site.xml file that you extracted. For example, enter C:/myHelp/site/site.xml.
  7. In the Installed Content pane, click Search for Updates. If updates to the content you have installed are available, they are installed to your computer.
  8. When the download is complete, open the help in the product by clicking File > Help Contents.

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