Installing local help from the Internet

If you have an Internet connection, you can use the Local Help Updater to install help content on your computer from a remote IBM information center.

Before you begin

Typically, this task is done on a computer where the Rational DOORS client is installed. If you are installing the help on an intranet server where Rational DOORS is not installed, you must first deploy the help system infrastructure on that server. Then, you can install the local help content.

About this task

For this help configuration, you use the Local Help Updater to install local help content on your computer from a remote information center, as shown in this graphic.
The image shows how you can install local help content on your computer from a remote information center.

Procedure

  1. Open the the Local Help Updater:
    • If you are installing the help content on a server where Rational DOORS is installed, open the Rational DOORS client and click Help > Contents and Index. In the Help window, click Help > Local Help Updater.
    • If you are installing the help content on a server where Rational DOORS is not installed, you can access the Local Help Updater by opening the Help Administration page at http://server:port/help/updater/admin.jsp. To determine the server name, port, and help name, see Help server administration. After the Help Administration page opens, from the Tools list, select Update Help Content.
  2. In the Local Help Updater site list, expand the Rational DOORS and DOORS Web Access entry.
  3. Select the help content version and features to install, and click Install.

What to do next

If you want to automatically receive updated content from the information center, in the toolbar, select Automatic Updates. Then, when you restart the help, you receive any new or updated content. If you leave the Automatic Updates check box cleared, you can use the Local Help Updater to manually update content.

When the installation finishes, you can open the help by clicking Help > Help Contents in the Local Help Updater, or you can open the help from in the Rational DOORS client by clicking Help > Contents and Index.


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