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: Install Update Site. At step #4 make sure you have checked the Help Plugins.

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

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Browse External Documentation

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

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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 Window > Show View > Other > Help.