[DUG] D2007 help incomplete or install issue

[Paul Hectors]

Good point so the key is to put the unit name in front of the function or
procedure and then you can get to the help. Like you said system.readln or
system.abs gets to the content.

On 7/19/07, John Bird <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
> Looks the same as you said to me - the Dinkumware link brings up a not
> found
> error.   I wonder what is supposed to be there :) ?
>
> Using the left hand window to Search for READLN brought up only topics
> from
> the Indy Help, but searching from the right hand window brought up
>
> RAD Studio VCL Win32 Reference
>
> System.ReadLn
> Description | See Also
> Collapse All
>
> Reads a line of text from a file.
> Description
> In Delphi code, the ReadLn procedure reads a line of text and then skips
> to
> the next line of the file.
> ReadLn(F) with no parameters causes the current file position to advance
> to
> the beginning of the next line if there is one; otherwise, it goes to the
> end of the file.
> If F is omitted, the global variable Input is used, which accesses the
> processes standard input file. Use of Input in GUI applications raises
> special issues.
> Note: {$I+} handles runtime errors using exceptions. When using {$I-}, use
> IOResult to check for I/O errors.
>
> See Also
> Read
> Writeln
> SetLineBreakStyle
>
>
> So the stuff is in there......looks like you need to know your way around
> the help to find things.
>
> I tend to use a combination of 3 helps:  Google (eg "Delphi Readln",
> Delphi
> 5, Delphi 2007.   Have to say probably in that order too, mainly because
> the
> D2007 document explorer can be glacially slow (thanks again MS).  The
> actual
> help content is OK though in the main.
>
> John
>
>
>
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