Setting Help Display Preferences

You can define how you want to display help topics.

  1. Select Window > Preferences from the main menu bar.
  2. Select Help in the left pane.

    The Help options appear in the right pane.

  3. Do any of the following to specify how help topics are displayed.
    Table 1. Help display options
    Property Description
    Use an external browser Check the Use external browser box if you want to display the help topics using another browser. The default is an embedded browser.
    Note: If the selected browser is not fully compatible with Internet Explorer or Mozilla, or if JavaScript is disabled, the help shown in the browser may not appear as intended
    Open window context help Choose from the following:
    • Open the topics in the dynamic Help view.
    • Open the topics in a pop-up window.
    Open dialog context help Choose from the following:
    • Open the topics in the dynamic Help view.
    • Open the topics in a pop-up window.
    Open help view documents Open selected topics in place (Help view) or in the editor.
  4. Click OK.


Created September 17, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com