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Re: Fw: Help needed to make Local help work

Hi Vern,

Windows is super protective about the Program Files and Program Files (x86) folders, and you probably found that you needed to edit the eclipse.ini in your recent fix using an elevated privilege (run as administrator).

If you took the option to install somewhere other than Program Files then that extra file protection - and the related UAC (user acceptance) prompt - is not in your way.

The question came up a while ago when people were having issues with file handling and updates because of windows extra security. I don't believe those issues exist anymore, but some people (like me) enjoyed the lack of UAC prompts when editing files.


-Paul.


-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edmund Reinhardt
Sent: 05 July 2013 15:38
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
Cc: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Fw: Help needed to make Local help work


I would have to know your install history to answer that Vern.
The default if you don't customize is C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP

Personally, I have multiple copies, and I don't like Program Files since it uses additional security.
So I have my directory structure as
C:\IBM\SDPShared //for all shared plugins
C:\IBM\SDP_RDi90
C:\IBM\SDP_RDp851
C:\IBM\SDP_RDp85
.. etc

So during the install, I customize where it will put the package group.



Regards,



Edmund (E.H.) Reinhardt
COBOL IDE on AIX, DDS, WebFacing, System i Application Development, Rational Developer for Power



2D barcode Phone: 1-905-413-3125 | Phone: 1-905-854-6195 IBM
- encoded E-mail: edmund.reinhardt@xxxxxxxxxx
with AIX COBOL: 8200 Warden Ave
contact www.youtube.com/user/IBMRational#g/c/62DF24D5BCD43501 Markham, ON L6G 1C7
information "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of Canada
God in Christ Jesus concerning you." - 1
Thessalonians 5:18






From: Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 05/07/2013 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Fw: Help needed to make Local help work
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Hi Edmund

Well, it's working - thanks much for your help.

I'd originally installed the jetty plugin in the wrong place - C:\IBM\SDP - once I put it into C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP, all is good - it's downloading the content now.

Was C:\IBM\SDP the installation directory for a different version? Or some other purpose? Just curious.

Vern

On 7/4/2013 11:30 AM, Edmund Reinhardt wrote:
Hi Vern,
In Canada we had our holiday earlier in the week. But the servers for
the
Information Center are in the States, so we are not get the usual
level
of
response.

I'm guessing that the local server needs to contact that server to
download
the help, and it can't reach it. So let's try this again, once the
Information Center is back up.

Regards,



Edmund (E.H.) Reinhardt
COBOL IDE on AIX, DDS, WebFacing, System i Application Development,
Rational Developer for Power






2D barcode Phone: 1-905-413-3125 | Phone: 1-905-854-6195
IBM
- encoded E-mail: edmund.reinhardt@xxxxxxxxxx
with AIX COBOL:
8200 Warden Ave
contact www.youtube.com/user/IBMRational#g/c/62DF24D5BCD43501
Markham, ON L6G 1C7
information "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of
Canada
God in Christ Jesus concerning you." - 1
Thessalonians 5:18







From: Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries
<wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 04/07/2013 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Fw: Help needed to make Local help work
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Understood - but it's not Canada's Independence Day, right?

:)

So I'm guessing that if the outside server is down, we'll get the
message about the local server update, too?

Cheers
Vern

On 7/4/2013 10:59 AM, Edmund Reinhardt wrote:
Hi Vern,
Hang on, it looks like the server is down, our documentation expert
is beating up on the corporate server folks, to try to correct it.
I apologize for the inconvenience. It is July 4th, so I don't think
anyone
is there on the other end to help us solve this.



Regards,



Edmund (E.H.) Reinhardt
COBOL IDE on AIX, DDS, WebFacing, System i Application Development,
Rational Developer for Power

2D barcode Phone: 1-905-413-3125 | Phone: 1-905-854-6195
IBM
- encoded E-mail: edmund.reinhardt@xxxxxxxxxx
with AIX COBOL:
8200 Warden Ave
contact www.youtube.com/user/IBMRational#g/c/62DF24D5BCD43501
Markham, ON L6G 1C7
information "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of
Canada
God in Christ Jesus concerning you." - 1
Thessalonians 5:18





From: Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere
Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries
<wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 04/07/2013 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Fw: Help needed to make Local
help work
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Hi Edmund

I tried the fix - I _think_ I got it in right, but I still don't get
the content downloaded - well, I am at home, had a proxy server set,
now went to "Direct" - same problem.

I disabled local - get this site in the unavailable list.

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com:80/infocenter/iadthelp/v9/index.jsp

HTH
Vern

On 7/4/2013 9:27 AM, Edmund Reinhardt wrote:
Hi Jim

Several products have had the same problem with the local help server.
If
you look in your workspace .metadata/.log file, chances are you will
see
this error:
!MESSAGE Jetty plugins are unavailable, could not start local server

Rational Software Architect already has a technote for this problem at:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21641599

I'm trying the fix and it appears to be working. The local help
server started and help plugins get downloaded. It will take a while
though because there's quite a bit of content.
After that, help is blazing fast, well worth it, in my opinion.

We will try to get this missing plugin problem resolved, but in the
meantime, please follow the instructions in that link.




Regards,



Edmund (E.H.) Reinhardt
COBOL IDE on AIX, DDS, WebFacing, System i Application Development,
Rational Developer for Power

2D barcode Phone: 1-905-413-3125 | Phone: 1-905-854-6195
IBM
- encoded E-mail: edmund.reinhardt@xxxxxxxxxx
with AIX COBOL:
8200 Warden Ave
contact www.youtube.com/user/IBMRational#g/c/62DF24D5BCD43501
Markham, ON L6G 1C7
information "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of
Canada
God in Christ Jesus concerning you." - 1
Thessalonians 5:18





From: Jim Essinger
<dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational
Developer for IBM i / Websphere
Development Studio
Client for
System i & iSeries"
<wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 03/07/2013 08:09
PM
Subject: Re:
[WDSCI-L] Fw: Help needed to make Local
help work
Sent by:
wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Thanks Edmund,

Will that fix the issue I have with getting the local updater to work?
If
not, should I open a PMR? Call support?

Jim


On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Edmund Reinhardt <
edmund.reinhardt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for your patience.
The v9 help server is back up and running.
This server should have been monitored and restarted right away.
We
are
following up to make sure this doesn't happen again.

Edmund


From: darren@xxxxxxxxx
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 01/07/2013 01:34 PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Help needed to make Local help work
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Yes, the V9 version of the help seems to be down right now. I
wasted
a
whole bunch of time before realizing it. In Help Content, none of
my
V9
connections work, but if I create a new connection like what was in
8.5,
the help works again :


Good
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iadthelp/v8r5




Bad

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/iadthelp/v9






From: darren@xxxxxxxxx
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development
Studio
Client for System i & iSeries
<wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 07/01/2013 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Help needed to make Local help
work
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Maybe the remote V9 version of the help files aren't 100% ready for
prime
time yet. The addresses for the remote help in the Help Content
preferences aren't all working for me today, when I thought they
did
last
week. I was messing around, and now my local help content is gone
and
I'm
having issues similar to the rest of you.




From: Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 07/01/2013 09:38 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Help needed to
make Local
help work
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



On 7/1/2013 4:00 AM, Paul Bailey wrote:

The "RdI v9" post from Darren@xxxxxxxxx (26th June) about TCP/IP
timeouts
didn't mention help at all, but I followed his advice to "prefer"
IPv4
with
"-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true" in the eclipse.ini file
(repeating a
note
from Mike Hockings:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21610148). Since
then
I
have had no issues with the local help in RDP apart from a slight
delay
waiting for the text to be loaded. My theory was that the local
help
was
timing out without error messages because eclipse was trying to
find
it
using IPv6 (it uses a local web server to deliver the help pages) -
I
seem
to have been right, but it's just anecdotal evidence at the moment.

I tried this.
In order to edit eclipse.ini, I had to change the security settings
on c:\program files\ibm\sdp to allow my profile Full Control (even
though my profile is an Administrator on this PC).

Same error. I thought my corporate firewall was the culprit, and
it still might be. I'd love to see an FTP site with the help that
I
could
download.
--buck
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