The default remote help configuration accesses content
from the internet dynamically. With remote help, you always have the
latest content available from within the product. If you want the
help to be available when you are disconnected from the internet,
you can install the content locally.
Procedure
- From the Fix Central site, download the file RDI-9.6.0.2-LOCALHELP.zip. Make note of the directory that you download the file to.
Note: You
may be prompted to enter your IBM ID and password. You can create
an ID if you do not already have one.
- Open the product Preferences. On Windows and Linux systems, click . On Mac systems,
click .
- Expand the Help preferences section
and click Remote Assistance Configuration.
Select the entry for IBM Rational Developer for i.
Click Disable and then click OK.
- Click .
- On the Available Software page,
click Add.
- In the Add Repository dialog, in
the Name field enter a name for the repository.
For example, enter RDI_960_HELP. Click Archive and
navigate to the location that you downloaded RDI-9.6.0.2-LOCALHELP.zip
to. Select the file and click Open. After the Name and Location values
in the Add Repository dialog are set, click OK.
- On the Available Software page,
select the documentation that you want to install. Click Next and
follow the rest of the steps presented by the wizard. After you click Finish,
the documentation is installed locally and you will be prompted to
restart the product.
- To access the documentation, click .