Upload User Help

You can upload help files created externally in HTML format to iStrobe.

To upload user help

1. From the User Help section of iStrobe, click Upload. The Upload User Help dialog box appears.
2. Complete the fields:
   • Author: Default value is the iStrobe User Name you set in the iStrobe Preferences dialog box, but you can enter another.
   • Status: Select In progress (the default status) for help topics that are under development. When you are ready to share them, select Publish.
   • Type: Select the type of help topic: Module, CICS Resource, Language Environment Option, General. The topic is stored accordingly.
     • Module or CICS Resource: Associates your help with the existing BMC Compuware help for a module, CICS resource, or adds help for any other module or CICS resource that might appear in an iStrobe report.
     • General: Help that is not associated with BMC Compuware help for a module, CICS resource, or report. Enter a topic title for the help. After creating it, you can access this help only by selecting Help>User-provided help.
   • Module Name: The name you associate with your help topic must be three to eight characters long and is case-sensitive. Valid characters are letters, numbers, the underscore, and a leading period for Strobe pseudo-entities. A trailing asterisk can be used to link your help topic to a number of modules with names beginning with the same string. For example, the topic COB* is linked to modules named COBC000A, COBC000B, but not cobf0001.
   • File: Click Browse to locate the file you would like to upload.
3. Click OK.

After you have published your help topic, it is linked to BMC Compuware's help. When you click on a help link in an iStrobe report, your custom help appears first. If there is BMC Compuware-supplied help for the same topic, a button appears on your help page to link to that help.