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The Available Updates web site will then list any updates appropriate for your Code Composer Studio installation.

You have the opportunity to just download the updates, or to download and install them immediately.

You can also configure the Update Advisor to automatically check for updates.

7.2.3Automatically Checking for Tool Updates

You may check for tool updates at any time, or you can configure the Update Advisor to automatically check for updates.

1. Select Help→Update Advisor→Settings. The Web Setting dialog box appears:

Figure 7-2. Update Advisor Web Settings

2.To enable the automatic update feature, click the check box to the left of the Enable timed check for update upon startup field. When this field is enabled, the Update Advisor automatically checks for web updates according to the specified schedule.

3.In the Check for Update field, specify how often the Update Advisor should check the Available Updates web site.

4.Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.

7.2.4Uninstalling the Updates

Any installed update can be uninstalled to restore the previous version of the Code Composer Studio IDE.

Note that only the previous version of a tool can be restored. If you install one update for a tool, and then install a second update for the same tool, the first update can be restored. The original version of the tool cannot be restored, even if you uninstall both the second update and the first update.

7.3Additional Help

You can access Help→Contents to guide you through certain topics step by step, perform the online tutorials, view online help sites that provide the most current help topics, or view user manuals in PDF

format that provide information on specific features or processes. Additionally, you can access the Update Advisor to get the newest features through Help→Update Advisor.

7.3.1Online Help

The online help provides links to the tutorials, multimedia demos, user manuals, application reports, and a website (www.dspvillage.com) where you can obtain information regarding the software. Simply click on Help and follow the links provided. For context-sensitive help, choose a relevant part of the IDE and click F1.

7.3.2Online Tutorial

The Code Composer Studio IDE Tutorial contains lessons that help you get started quickly with the Code Composer Studio IDE. To start the Code Composer Studio IDE Tutorial, select Help→Tutorial.

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