Re: F1 on opcodes in ILE RPG editor not bringing up help in 9.0.1

Edmund,

I had the same problem Jim described, except I didn't go back and enable
local support until I read his message. I had also upgraded to 9.0.1 and
also had problems with the help system (and still have problems with
arrows keys and the scroll bar, but that's a different talk show). In my
case though, I starting getting the problems after attempting to switch
from remote to local help. After I disabled remote help and enabled local
help, I could not get language specific help at all, never mind context
help. Even after I tried to switch back to remote help, it wasn't working.
I was not a happy camper.

I tried a different workspace. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling
9.0.1. I tried adding the Web Development tools so I could use the local
help updater, but no luck. I finally tried uninstalling RDi V9
completely, removing the .eclipse folder and reinstalling. I thought it
still didn't work at first, until I checked the Window-Preferences-Help
and noticed that remote help was disabled and local help was enabled. I
reversed those and the help system started to work again. Now I have both
remote and local help enabled, but when I try to use the local help
updater, I still get "HTTP Error 530. Problem accessing
/help/updater/updatewar.jsp reason java.lang.RuntimeException:
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter".
But I'm still happy because now, help is working - in the correct context
even!



From: Dave Shaw <daveshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client
for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 12/20/2013 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] F1 on opcodes in ILE RPG editor not bringing
up help in 9.0.1
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Jim,

I had this problem with local help on my work machine at both 9.0.0.0 and
9.0.0.1. After the update to 9.0.1, the help system finally initialized
correctly, and I thought I was good until I tried to open Help Contents
and got an error about a classfile (as opposed to the Jetty error I was
getting previously). I went into Preferences and found that the update
had disabled remote help and enabled local help (the opposite of the way I
had it when local didn't work). I enabled the remote help again, but
didn't disable the local help, and tried again. It thought about it for a
minute, then opened properly, showing the 127.0.0.1 in the bar for local
help. I went back in and disabled remote help, tried it, and found that
now it finally works correctly. Apparently something needed an extra
little kick to get it going.

Anyway, I'd suggest you try enabling both remote and local in Preferences,
and see if it fixes your problem like it did mine.

Edmund, do you think I just got lucky, or might there be a good reason for
this to happen?


Dave Shaw


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From: Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] F1 on opcodes in ILE RPG editor not bringing up
help in 9.0.1


Edmund,

I had a help problem when 9.0 was initially installed/upgraded from 8.5.
I
have been running 9.0.1 on my office PC for a number of weeks now, and no
issues with HELP function using the local copy.

I upgraded my home PC from 8.5 to 9.0.1 in the last 2 days, and I now have
issues setting help to access the local content on that PC. I can access
the remote help, but can not set or connect to the local content.

Jim Essinger
Western Power Sports
Boise ID