HP DCE 1.6 Documentation

Documentation for HP DCE 1.6 consists of printed and online materials. For a complete list of documentation, including part numbers, see the
HP DCE/9000 Version 1.6 Release Note.

Printed Documentation

The printed documentation for HP DCE 1.6 consists of HP DCE 1.6 manuals, the OSF DCE documentation set, and two books by O'Reilly and Associates.

The following manuals are written by Hewlett-Packard:

Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.6 (part number B3190-90071) describes the HP changes and additions to OSF DCE 1.1; it also describes installing and configuring HP DCE 1.6 and how to migrate from previous releases of HP DCE to HP DCE 1.6. This document describes both HP DCE 1.6 clients and servers.
HP DCE/9000 Version 1.6 for HP-UX 10.30 Release Note (part number B3190-90070) describes the HP DCE 1.6 documentation set, known problems with HP DCE 1.6, limitations of HP DCE 1.6, required patches (if any), and similar information.
HP DCE/9000 Version 1.6 U.S./Canada Software for HP-UX 10.30 Release Note (part number B3864-90005) describes the US/Canada version of HP DCE 1.6.
HP DCE/9000 Version 1.6 Application Development Tools for HP-UX 10.30 Release Note (part number B3193-90021) describes two optional products that comprise the HP DCE 1.6 Application Development Tools for HP-UX 10.30. The DCE-C-Tools product assists in the development of HP DCE 1.6 programs written in C. The
DCE-OO-Tools product assists in the development of object-oriented programs written in C++.

The OSF DCE 1.1 documentation set published by Prentice-Hall includes the following manuals:

Introduction to OSF DCE(B3190-90046)
OSF DCE Command Reference (B3190-90063)
OSF DCE Administration Guide Volume 2 - Core Components (B3190-90048)
OSF DCE DFS Administration Guide and Reference (B3190-90049)
The OSF DCE Application Development Reference (B3190-90037)
OSF DCE Application Development Guide Volume 1 - Introduction and Style Guide (B3190-90038)
OSF DCE Application Development Guide Volume 2 - Core Components (B3190-90039)
OSF DCE Application Development Guide Volume 3 - Directory Services (B3190-90040)

The following books are published by O'Reilly & Associates:

Understanding DCE (B3190-90018)
Guide to Writing DCE Applications (B3190-90029)

For general information on installing software on HP-UX 10.30 systems, see Installing HP-UX 10.30 and Updating HP-UX 10.X to 10.30 (B2355-90126)

For general information about programming with threads on HP-UX 10.30, see Programming with Threads on HP-UX (B2355-90060).

Online Documentation

The online documentation for HP DCE 1.6 consists of release notes, man pages, HP DCE online help, and embedded online help for the HP DCE Cell Administration tools.

Online Release Notes

An online version of the U.S./Canada release note (HP DCE/9000 Version 1.6 U.S./Canada Software for HP-UX 10.30 Release Note) is provided in the directory /opt/dce/ newconfig/RelNotes. This directory also contains the release note for the HP DCE client software
(HP DCE/9000 Version 1.6 Client Software for HP-UX 10.30 Release Note.) The Client Software release note is provided online only.

Man Pages

Reference pages describing DCE commands and calls are available online in the form of man pages.

There are two styles of man page headers:

"OSF" or "Open Software Foundation" - This header means that the man page originates from OSF and has not been changed by HP.
"HP DCE" - This header means that the man page either originates from HP or is an OSF man page that HP has changed.

HP DCE man pages are in the following directories:

/opt/dce/share/man/opt/dce/usr/man/usr/share/man

To read DCE man pages by using the man command, include the path names listed above in your MANPATH shell environment variable.




	NOTE: Use the following command to display the dts_update man page: man dts_update

HP DCE Online Help

HP DCE/9000 offers a DCE Online Help feature that provides information about various aspects of HP DCE. DCE Online Help is integrated into the HP Help System, so you can access it from the CDE Front Panel help icon.




	NOTE: This feature is supported on X-based displays only; it is not available on ASCII terminals.

This version of HP DCE/9000 Online Help contains the following kinds of help:

Guide to HP DCE/9000 hardcopy documentation. Provides a list of the manuals available for HP DCE/9000.
Access to HP DCE/9000 Man Pages.




	NOTE: The main menu of the Help Manager lists the HP DCE/9000 Application Development Tools Release Notes and HP DCE Sample Applications. These help topics are available only if the HP DCE/9000 Application Development Tools optional product is installed.

Accessing DCE Online Help From CDE

You can access the DCE Online Help from the Front Panel or from a shell.

To access the DCE Online Help from the Front Panel, follow these steps:

Click on the Front Panel help icon (the " ?"). A "Welcome to Help Manager" help window appears.
In the Help Manager window, click on the "HP DCE/9000, Version 1.6" product-family title. A list of the HP/DCE 9000 help volumes appears.
To display a help volume, click on its title.

To access the DCE Online Help from a shell prompt, enter this command:

/usr/dt/bin/dthelpview -h DCEwelcome

This displays an introductory help window that has hyperlinks to all of the other help volumes in the HP DCE Online Help system.

Note that you can press the F1 key in any help window to get help on using the help system.

Embedded Online Help for HP DCE Cell Administration Tools

The HP DCE DCM, Account Manager, and CDS Browser tools are provided with online help.

HP DMS also has context-sensitive help as provided by HP GlancePlus.