Opening the installation guide and readme file

The installation guide provides information about how to install and uninstall the product, as well as product requirements and optional features. The readme file contains last-minute updates, valuable information, and workarounds that are not available in the online help, or not available until you update. To be sure that you have the latest online help, use Rational Product Updater, which you can access after installing the product by clicking Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater. See the installation guide for more information.

To open the Development Studio Client installation guide or readme file:

  1. Insert Disk 1 of the product installation CDs.
  2. If the launchpad program opens automatically, proceed to step 3. Otherwise, go to the root of Disk 1 and double-click launchpad.exe.
  3. Open one or both documents in a Web browser:

After you install the product, you can open both documents from the Start menu.

You can also open the installation guide in the installed directory by double-clicking the appropriate file in Windows Explorer.

Updated documentation and troubleshooting information is available on the Development Studio Client Web site at ibm.com/software/awdtools/iseries.

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