[DUG] D2007 help incomplete or install issue

[Steve Peacocke]

On 19/07/07, Robert martin <rob at wildsoft.co.nz> wrote:
> Yup all the time.  I cant believe the help is as bad as it is.  Surely
> all they needed to do was cut and paste the help from D7 into the new
> product (most of it is unchanged after all).

I gather that the Help is getting some real priority at CodeGear,
however I still keep the D7 help file as I find this the most helpful.
Often there are Delphi code examples on how some things are used, as
well as reasonably clear descriptions, instead of e.g. ...

TStrings: This is class Classes.TStrings.

and when I look at TStrings' properties, I'm presented with...

Capacity:  This is Capacity, a member of class TStrings.
CommaText:  This is CommaText, a member of class TStrings.
Count:  This is Count, a member of class TStrings.
DelimitedText:  This is DelimitedText, a member of class TStrings.
etc...

OK, that is really useful help. Not sure where I read it yesterday but
I loved the quote "CodeGear should rename 'Help' to 'Hinder' to
prevent being sued for misleading advertising".

However, I have heard all the reports of the priority and on-going
work that D2007 Help is being given, and wait patiently (for a
reasonable length of time) while they complete this massive task.

Steve

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