User's Guide

Part II. Tutorials

Chapter 4. Managing Databases with Sybase Central

The main documentation for Sybase Central is available as online help separate from the SQL Anywhere User's Manual. This tutorial introduces you to the Sybase Central online help.

The online help is presented as a set of topics. You can find topics about a subject of interest using the Contents, the Index, or by searching the text of the online Help.

Using the online help Contents

To see the Sybase Central online help contents:

1. Select Help Topics from the Sybase Central Help menu. The Sybase Central online help Help Topics window appears.
2. The Help Topics window has three tabs: Contents, Index, and Find. Click the Contents tab.

The online help Contents are displayed as a set of books. To open a book, click the book and click Open. The following example illustrates the organization of the help topics.

To find out how to add a group:

1. With the Contents tab showing on the Help Topics window, click Managing Users & Groups to open the book.
2. Click Creating A New User Or Group to display the topic.

Notes

• Many topics have a Related Topics link at the end of the topic, which can take you to related topics in the Sybase Central online help and in the online version of this book.
• You can use the Browse buttons (with arrows) to take you back and forward through related topics.
• You can configure some aspects of the appearance of the online help by clicking Options.
• Clicking Help Topics opens the Help Topics window again.
• Clicking SQL Anywhere 5.0 Help opens the online SQL Anywhere User's Guide .

You should spend some time browsing through the Contents window to familiarize yourself with the online help organization.

Using the online help Index

The Index provides an alternative way to search for information in the online Help.

This section shows how to find information about creating users using the index.

To find a topic using the Index:

1. Open the Help Topics window, and click the Index tab.
2. Type "users" in the box numbered 1. In box 2, the Users & Groups index entry is highlighted.
3. The index is a two-level index. Click Creating under Users & Groups, and click Display to show the topic.

Notes

If there is more than one topic indexed under the entry you display, a list of topics is displayed.

Searching the text of the online help

If you cannot find the information you are looking for using the Contents or the Index, you may want to try searching the text of the online Help.

To find a topic by searching text:

1. Open the Help Topics window, and click the Find tab.
2. When you have built your word list, type "user" in the box numbered 1. As you type, a list of matching words is shown in the box numbered 2.
3. Click user in box 2.
4. Click Creating A New User Or Group in the topic list in box number 3, and click Display to show the topic.