Installing help content locally using the Local Help Updater and the RDz90_updateSite.zip file

If you are not going to use remote help to access the help content from the web and you do not have internet access, you must install the help content locally. This topic explains how to install the help content using the Local Help System Updater and the RDz90_updateSite.zip file provided in the installation image. The RDz90_updateSite.zip file is on the IBM Rational Developer for System z Quick Start Disc. The most current version of the RDz90_updateSite.zip file is available from the update download site at: http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/.

Before you begin

During installation, the help access option, Download help and access the content locally, was selected.

About this task

Before using the help for the product, you have to install the help to your local system.

To install the help content on the workstation using the RDz90_updateSite.zip file, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Copy the file RDz90_updateSite.zip to <installtion_location>/help/updates directory (where you installed IBM Rational Developer for System z on your system).
  2. Open IBM Rational Developer for System z.
  3. Select Window > Preferences and then Help>Content. Verify that the Local help is enabled and Remote help is disabled. Close the Preferences window.
  4. Close and restart IBM Rational Developer for System z.
  5. When the help initialization is complete, the local help installation is complete. Select Help > Help Contents to open the product help.
  6. If a message appears stating that local help content has not been installed, select to install the local help using the Local Help Updater. When the Local Help Updater opens:
    1. Select Internal Sites from the Sites pull-down.
    2. Select the + icon to add a location.
    3. Select Local.
    4. Type a name for the site.
    5. Click Browse (’...’) and browse to the location where you copied the RDz90_updateSite.zip file and locate the site.xml file. The site.xml file should be in a subdirectory called RDz90_UpdateSite_zip.
    6. Double click the site.xml file, and then click OK. If OK is not enabled, verify that the fully qualified path for the site.xml file is specified. A progress bar opens and tracks the status as the Local Help Updater searches for the available features included in the RDz90_updateSite.zip file. The internal site you specified is created and appears in the Site List.
    7. Select the internal site you created. The available Rational Developer for System z documentation features appear.
    8. Select the Rational Developer for System z documentation you want to install and click Install.
    9. When the installation is complete, Close and restart Rational Developer for System z.
    10. Select Help > Help Contents to open the product help.

Results

The help that you selected to install locally is installed and available on your system.