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Where can I find other sources of help information?
New users: Use this topic to find out about the resources available in the information center. You can also find out about other ways that you can get help when using WebSphere® Message Broker.
What resources are available in the information center?
The Contents pane in the WebSphere Message Broker information center lists high-level categories of information based on tasks that you might want to perform, such as configuring, administering, and developing applications. In each of the high-level categories, concept topics provide definitions and background information to help you understand the tasks in the product. Task topics provide the actions or steps that you complete for the associated tasks. You can find reference topics in the Reference category that provide supporting information to help you complete the tasks, for example lists of options and parameters for commands.
Use the following links as alternative ways to help you find the information that you want:
- Where can I find a glossary of terms and abbreviations? The glossary contains a list of terms and abbreviations that are used in the WebSphere Message Broker information center.
- Where can I find the information center index? Search for information about particular subjects or terms by using the Index.
Where can I find support and technical documents on IBM® Web sites?
Search for WebSphere Message Broker support and technical documents on IBM Web sites. You must have an Internet connection to use the links on this page.- Where can I find information about diagnostic messages? Search for information about diagnostic messages that might be generated when you use WebSphere Message Broker.
What other sources of help are there in WebSphere Message Broker?
User assistance is provided in WebSphere Message Broker, in the form of messages, context-sensitive help on wizards, and information provided on the product interfaces, including the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit and in the command-line environment.
- How do I get context-sensitive
help in the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit?
Context-sensitive help and links into the information center are available in the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit in the Help view. The Help view can be launched by selecting an object in the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit and pressing the F1 key (on Windows) or SHIFT+F1 (on Linux).
- How do I get context-sensitive
help in the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer?
Context-sensitive help and links into the information center are available in the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer in the Help view. The Help view can be launched by selecting an object in the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer and pressing the F1 key (on Windows) or SHIFT+F1 (on Linux).
- How do I get assistance when I am developing my applications?
You can get assistance
when you develop your applications by using content assist. Content assist
provides a list of available code options, for example the XPath functions to
use in a message map, or a list of available references, for example to assist
with constructing message references in ESQL. Content assist is available in the
following editors when developing applications:
- ESQL Editor
- Java™ Editor
- Graphical Data Mapping Editor
You can also use content assist to help construct XPath expressions in the properties of some message flow nodes. Content assist can be displayed in the properties fields, and in the XPath Expression Builder.
To access content assist, either select WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit and linked it to your Message Broker project; see Adding and removing library references.
or press Ctrl+Space to display a list of available options. To use content assist to help with constructing messages, you must have created the message model (or message set) in the - How do I get help when I am using commands?
You can
get usage information for the commands by entering the command without
any parameters, or alternatively entering the command followed by /?,
for example:
mqsilist /?