Re: localhost port used for help

Hi Dave,

This isn't a very detailed description, but this is what I understand based
on information given to me by the help team:
In 5.1.2 CODE no longer uses the same help system (previously it had used
NetQuestion - but it is no longer supported)
The new help system randomizes the port number used which can cause
problems with firewalls (as you experienced).

Hope this "helps"!

Violaine Batthish
WebSphere Development Studio Client, IBM Toronto Lab



code400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 01/19/2005 03:16:31 PM:

> Hi, all!
>
> Just installed 5.1.2, and found that my help in CODE wouldn't work
> because the port it needed was 49214, instead of 49213 as it had
> been in 5.1.0. Obviously the firewall software which our corporate
> security honchos have installed on this machine had 49214 blocked.
> I can't find any reference anywhere to it being changed, and in fact
> my help.cfg still says HTML_HOSTNAME=localhost:49213, so I'm a bit
> perplexed as to what's going on.  Does anyone know?
>
> Dave Shaw
>
> P.S. They decided to control this particular access by process
> instead, so they've opened it up for javaw.exe and closed both ports
> and it now works - but I'd still like to know what's up with it.
>