Is installing local documentation no longer a possibility?

[Former Member]

I am just rebuilding a laptop. Previously I had installed SQLA 16 and run the second Install button to Install Documentation. I believe I remember it took me to a website where I could either 1) access the Docs, or b) Install a local copy. (I always install the local copy so I can use it when I am travelling on the ferry, or on a plane).

Now that Install option displays a page that says "mark the new URL" which is a SAP SCN page, and I can't seem to find any way to install local documentation at all. Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks, Bill

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Bill,

When you clicked the option to install the docs, it should have initially taken you to a page that explains the docs have moved, and a link to find them. This is the new location it should have given you: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-35856.

On that page, you can pick the help format (CHM, PDF etc) you'd like to install.

It resolves for me, but are you having difficulty accessing that URL?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

looks like it must have been a broken link or page undergoing maintenance the other day: it did indeed take me to an SCN page, but it didn't look anything like the page I see when I click on the link above. Thanks Laura, that's the familiar page I was expecting. And now I have the docs. Ooops... I will have them at some point. As Mikel noted below, now I have to log on to actually access them. Guess I'll have to resurrect my now expired SCN account.

[Former Member]

You can download the PDFs for 16.0 here: SQL Anywhere 16.0 PDF documentation

Cheers, Andy.

[former_SQLA_member1694878]

Do these links to the documentation installers work? [PDF] [HTML]

You may need to be signed in to an SCN account.

[VolkerBarth]

So these are the official places to look for the documentation set (particularly when the HTML version is desired, which seems not available via DCX)?

[VolkerBarth]

OK, Laura has already answered that question:)