.. _External Documentation:

External Documentation
======================


You can browse and search through 3rd party documentation using the Eclipse help system.


Configure External Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. note::
    
    Integration with external documentation is not available by default in DVT distributions. You have to install the feature by following this procedure: https://eda.amiq.com/download. At step #4 make sure you have checked the **Help Plugins**.

.. warning::

    DVT doesn't ship with 3rd party documentation, if it is not in the public domain (for example doxygen docs are public).

Assuming you have the documentation installed, configure the path to it from menu :menuselection:`Window --> Preferences --> Help`:

.. figure:: ../../images/vlogdt-external-documentation-configure.png

Browse External Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Once configured it will appear in the help system (menu :menuselection:`Help --> Help Contents`):

.. figure:: ../../images/vlogdt-external-documentation-contents.png

Search External Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can search through the documentation directly from within Eclipse IDE. For example **select and click Ctrl+Shift+H**. The **Help View** is brought up with the matches.

You can also bring up the **Help View** from menu :menuselection:`Window --> Show View --> Other... --> Help`.

.. figure:: ../../images/vlogdt-external-documentation-search.png


