IBM GC09-2830-00 manual Accessing Information with the Information Center, Tasks, Reference, Books

If you have not installed the Information Center, you can open the page by double-clicking on the DB2 Online Books icon. Depending on the system you are using, the icon is in the main product folder or the Windows Start menu.

To view online books or sample programs on the SCO UnixWare 7:

vDB2 Universal Database for SCO UnixWare 7 uses the native SCOhelp utility to search the DB2 information. You can access SCOhelp by the following methods:

±entering the ²scohelp² command on the command line,

±selecting the Help menu in the Control Panel of the CDE desktop or

±selecting Help in the Root menu of the Panorama desktop

For more information on SCOhelp, refer to the Installation and Con®guration Supplement.

Accessing Information with the Information Center

The Information Center provides quick access to DB2 product information. The Information Center is available on all platforms on which the DB2 administration tools are available.

Depending on your system, you can access the Information Center from the:

vMain product folder

vToolbar in the Control Center

vWindows Start menu

vHelp menu of the Control Center

The Information Center provides the following kinds of information. Click the appropriate tab to look at the information:

Tasks	Lists tasks you can perform using DB2.
Reference	Lists DB2 reference information, such as
	keywords, commands, and APIs.
Books	Lists DB2 books.
Troubleshooting	Lists categories of error messages and their
	recovery actions.
Sample Programs	Lists sample programs that come with the
	DB2 Software Developer's Kit. If the Software
	Developer's Kit is not installed, this tab is not
	displayed.
Web	Lists DB2 information on the World Wide

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