If you would like to include additional, custom content in the product help, or you would like to be able to access the latest help content without waiting for a product update, you will be interested in learning about the Eclipse remote help features. With Eclipse 3.3 and later versions, you can retrieve content not only from plug-ins that are installed with the local instance of your product, but also from one or more remote servers that run help in information center mode. Rational's Web-based delivery

With the Eclipse Platform help system, you can contribute to the online help by creating a help plug-in that uses the org.eclipse.help.toc extension. You can also contribute into the Rational help information set by using the proper anchor for Rational products starting with version 7.5 or 8.0.

Creating IBM® Rational® Product release areas has come into light to save administrators from several hours of manual installations. A release area is a preconfigured setup directory that users can access over the network. This predefined area takes the know how out of the users hands and leaves it to the administrator. This ensures that all users would have the same exact setup and functionality. This functionality made installing IBM Rational products a manageable job in an environment under any applicati