You can use the helpDircommand to point a Microsoft Dynamics AX client to Help files that are stored in a location different than the default. The location can be on a network share or local. When you use a configuration that points to an alternate location for Help files, the Help files stored locally are not used.

  1. Place the Help files in the location you want.

  2. If you are still using the original configuration, open the Microsoft Dynamics AX Configuration Utility ( Start> All Programs> Control Panel> Administration> Microsoft Dynamics AX Configuration Utility), create a new configuration file, and then close the configuration utility. For details, see Manage a client configuration.

  3. Open the client configuration file you are using with a text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad.

  4. Add the following line to the file, and then save and close it.

    helpDir,Text, filelocation.

  5. Save the configuration file, and copy it to a shared directory that all client computers can connect to.

    We recommend that you use a shared directory on the computer running the instance of Application Object Server (AOS) that clients connect to.

    Note Note

    If you did not deploy your clients to use a shared configuration file, you can provide each user with a new desktop shortcut to Microsoft Dynamics AX that passes the location of the configuration file. For example: Ax32.exe \\MyShare\SharedConfigFile.axc.

  6. Close any Microsoft Dynamics AX clients that are using the configuration file, and then restart them. The Help system reads from the location you designated.

Note Note

If the topics in the Help files do not display when you are pointing to a location on a network, you may need to modify security settings that prevent Help from loading over a network. For details, see this Knowledge Base article.

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