You can modify the help preferences so that you can access help content from different locations.
Procedure
- Open the list of help system connections by completing one of these steps:
- To change the help content selections for your Rational® DOORS® client only:
- In the Rational DOORS client and click .
- In the Help window, click .
- Expand Help and click Content.
- To change the help content selections for anyone who is connected to this help system:
- In a browser, open the Help Administration page by typing a URL that is in this format: http://localhost:port/help-name/updater/admin.jsp. To determine the server name, port, and help name, see Help server administration.
- From the Tools list, select Remote Help Configuration.
A window that is similar to this example is displayed:
- As necessary, enable the server URLs in the table:
- To access remote help from the public information center:
- Select the row of the table that contains the Rational DOORS product name.
- Click Enable. For most products, the remote help connection is the first row and is enabled by default.
- If necessary, select the row of the previous connection and click Disable.
- To access the local help that is installed on your computer:
- Select the Local row of the table.
- Click Enable.
- Select the row of the previous connection and click Disable.
- To access help from an intranet server:
- Click New.
- In the "Add new information center" window, enter a name for the help and the URL to the information center, as shown in this example:
- To ensure that the URL is valid, click Test Connection.
- To save the changes, click OK.
- In the table, verify that the new connection is enabled.
- Select the row of the previous connection and click Disable.
- Optional: Create a connection order for the enabled connections. If multiple connections are enabled, each one is tested in order until an active connection is found.
For example, in a common scenario, remote help is listed first in the table and local help is listed second. If you have an Internet connection, the remote help connection is used. When you do not have an Internet connection, the local help is used.
To change the order of the connections, select a row in the table and click Up or Down to move the connection in the list.
- Click Apply and OK to save the changes.
Results
If you enabled the local help and you have an Internet connection, the help content is installed automatically when you start the product.