Downloading a help archive file

If your team has limited access to the Internet, you can download a compressed archive file that contains the help contents. You can use the archive file to install help on your local computer or you can configure an internal help server on your intranet to provide help content for the entire team.

About this task

The archive file is available on an IBM help archive download site. The name of the archive file includes a product and version identifier and the suffix updateSite.zip.

You can download a help archive file to fulfill any of these objectives:
  • Place the archive file on your computer and install help content locally on your computer using the Local Help Updater.
  • Place the archive file on a shared server on your intranet. Team members can designate this archive file as an internal site when they run the Local Help Updater and install help content locally on their computers. This option provides local help to team members that do not have Internet access.
  • Place the archive file on a shared server on your intranet. Deploy the help delivery system in an application server on the shared location and then install the help content into that help system by using the Local Help Updater. Team members can then direct their Rational DOORS clients to access help from that intranet server. This option provides intranet help to team members that do not have Internet access.

Procedure

  1. On a computer with Internet access, download the compressed help content file for your product and version from the help archive site at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/. The file has this format: prod_coden.n_updateSite.zip, where prod_code is the product code and n.n is the version number.
  2. On the computer where you are installing the help content or on a shared network location, copy this compressed archive file. Do not extract the file.

What to do next

You and other team members can now install the help content from the archive file by using the Local Help Updater tool. If other team members need access to the archive file, provide a fully qualified path to the archive file so that team members can reach it from their Local Help Updater tool.


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