Set Help Content Preferences

You can choose to integrate help topics from remote servers into the local help system.

Note: CA Mainframe Application Tuner online help is available only in local format.

Follow these steps:

  1. Select Window, Preferences.
    The Preferences dialog opens.

  2. Expand Help and select Content.
    The Preferences dialog opens the Help Content page.

  3. Select one of the following options to specify whether you want to integrate remote help:

    • Include local help only
      Only the local help content is enabled.

    • Include remote help and give local help priority
      Locally installed help content and remote help content are both enabled. If the same page exists both locally and on the remote system the local page will be shown.

    • Include remote help and give it priority
      Locally installed help content and remote help content are both enabled. If the same page exists both locally and on the remote system the remote page will be shown.

  4. Click the buttons on the page to customize the settings to suit your needs:

    • New/Edit/Delete
      Lets you add, edit or delete a selected remote data source.

    • View Properties
      Displays the properties for a remote data source.

    • Test Connection
      Lets you test a remote host/port combination to see if it is possible to connect to it.

    • Disable/Enable
      You can disable or enable a remote data source so that the help system does not try to read topics from it.

    • Up/Down
      Allows you to navigate through the table of remote data sources one level up or one level down.

  5. Click Apply .
    Any changes made in this dialog are applied.

  6. Click OK.

CA Mainframe Application Tuner saves the changes and closes the Preferences dialog. The changes are used in all succeeding sessions unless you change the preferences again.

Note: You can restore the default configuration settings anytime on the Preferences dialog. To restore the default settings, navigate to the page you want to restore, and click Restore Defaults, click Apply, and then click OK.