[DUG] D2007 help incomplete or install issue

[Robert martin]

One of the main things I use help for is to find the unit name of a 
function so I can add it to the uses !


Rob Martin
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Paul Hectors wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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