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Use a local version of the WebSphere Commerce Information Center

You can download help contents to the computer so that you can work while disconnected from the Internet. By default, WebSphere Commerce information center accesses the product documentation on the ibm.com Web site. You can access the Web-based help for the product only when you are connected to the Internet. When you are disconnected, you have access to a limited number of help topics that are installed with the WebSphere Commerce.

Procedure

After you download the information center content that you need, it is available when you work while disconnected. You can update the content when changes are available.

• Update help in WebSphere Commerce Developer.

  1. Open WebSphere Commerce Developer.

  2. Click Help > Software Updates

  3. Click the Available software tab; then click the Add Site button.

  4. On the Add Site window, type http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wchelp/v7r0m0/topic/com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/v7/site.xml. The Available sites list refreshes.

  5. In the Name field, expand the http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wchelp/v7r0m0/topic/com.ibm.commerce.base.doc/v7/site.xml entry; then check WebSphere Commerce Information Center Update and click Install.

  6. Follow the steps on the Install wizard. A local version of the WebSphere Commerce documentation is installed.

• Update help in WebSphere Commerce:

  1. Navigate to the following directory: WC_INSTALL/bin

  2. Stop the help system by running the stopHelp script.

  3. Copy the startHelp.bat file to a new file called startHelp_admin.bat

  4. Open the startHelp_admin.bat file. Add the -showupdater parameter as shown in the following example:

     "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -classpath "%WC_ECLIPSE_DIR%\plugins\org.eclipse.help.base_3.3.100.v20080617\helpbase.jar" 
     org.eclipse.help.standalone.Infocenter -eclipsehome "%WC_ECLIPSE_DIR%" -command start 
     -plugincustomization plugins\com.ibm.commerce.base.doc\plugin_customization.ini -port %PORT% 
     -clean -noexec true -vmargs -Xmx712M -showupdater
     

  5. Save and close the startHelp_admin.bat file.

  6. Start the help system in administrative mode by running the startHelp_admin.bat file.

  7. Open the information center: http://localhost:8001/help/index.jsp

  8. Click the Update icon , the information center connects to an update site. Follow the directions in the Update wizard to download and add information center plug-ins to the help system.

  9. Click Find Updates at the bottom to see a list of Updates for existing documentation and New documentation. The available updates are stored at an update site.

  10. Select the documentation that you intend to install, and then click Install Updates.

  11. Click Finish when the installation is finished. Stop the information center; then restart it using the startHelp script.

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