EGL Development User Group

EGL Development User Group

EGL Development User Group

The EGL Development User Group is dedicated to sharing news, knowledge, and insights regarding the EGL language and Business Developer product. Consisting of IBMers, HCL, and users, this community collaborates to advance the EGL ecosystem.

 View Only
  • 1.  Beginning EGL Project Development - Help Text

    Posted Wed February 22, 2023 09:31 AM

    Many of the links in the various Welcome pages (such as "Create a hello world program with EGL" in the Tutorials page) take me to the Help popup, to what looks like a high level landing page for IBM Rational Business Developer Version 9.7 documentation.  Most of the links on that page take me to a generic "Troubleshooting the product help" page that seems to imply that the page in question is missing.  The only page that does work is the "What's new in version V9.7" page.  Is there a way to get complete help for RBD?



    ------------------------------
    Joe Pluta
    ------------------------------


  • 2.  RE: Beginning EGL Project Development - Help Text

    Posted Fri March 31, 2023 08:53 AM

    Hi Joe

    The full online help is available at Rational Business Developer 9.7.0 - IBM Documentation

    Did you install RBD with the "local help" option?



    ------------------------------
    Tom Baranski
    Senior Developer
    Rational Business Developer
    ------------------------------



  • 3.  RE: Beginning EGL Project Development - Help Text

    Posted Mon April 03, 2023 07:14 PM

    Thanks for the reply, Tom!  I don't think I installed with local help.  Is there a way to check?  And if I didn't, is there a way to configure the local help server after the fact?  I get confused because there is some help available, but other help says the server is unavailable.  The server it's looking for is http://www-01.ibm.com:80/docs/en/rbd/9.7/index.jsp.



    ------------------------------
    Joe Pluta
    ------------------------------



  • 4.  RE: Beginning EGL Project Development - Help Text

    Posted Tue April 04, 2023 04:33 AM

    Hi Joe

    The local help option is only available during the initial install. Otherwise, the remote help location can be set in the RBD preferences



    ------------------------------
    Tom Baranski
    Senior Developer
    Rational Business Developer
    ------------------------------



  • 5.  RE: Beginning EGL Project Development - Help Text

    Posted Tue April 04, 2023 03:18 PM

    I don't really have an opportunity to uninstall and reinstall, so that's not an option.  And when I change the URL to https://ww.ibm.com/docs/en/rbd/9.7, then hit Test Connection, the workbench hangs.  For now, though, I can just go to the online help.  And perhaps when I next get a chance to install, I can use the local help option.



    ------------------------------
    Joe Pluta
    ------------------------------