[DUG] Moved to D2007 OK - Help system busted

[Jeremy Coulter]

I made the mistake of selecting web based help or soemthing when I got
prompted for what help system I wanted to use.
DON’T DO THIS !!!  Its like it searches some bizare website and its totally
useless.
Yesterday I was searching on VarType.....got VB help !!! What the HELL is
that about??
 There is also this search tab. You click on that, and there is an option
for selecting the language to search.....Delphi dosnt even show in the list
!!!   I am completely DUMBFOUNDED about this help.
And now, I cant even see how to change it to a different help, like may be
the real help that actually looks for Delphi things not VB ot C# etc.
I am liking D2k7, but there are some STRANGE things happening at times !

Jeremy

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of John Bird
Sent: 4 May 2007 02:16
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Subject: [DUG] Moved to D2007 OK - Help system busted

-migrating from D2006
-All pretty smooth so far - IDE looks more refined and slick and faster
-Installing my extra components took 11 minutes (the joys of using most only
standard VCL) -Built a couple of test programs then a good size one.  All
worked fine.
-Entire tests and setting IDE options etc same as BDS2006 took under 2 hours
-Looks like I will be using D2007 for production from now on.

Only hiccups were:
-Installing .net v2 takes longer than installing D2007.
 Apparently most of the disk space is unneeded .net stuff including help
see
http://memyselfanddelphi.blogspot.com/2007/04/delphi-2007-putting-fat-cow-on
-diet_16.html
I haven't dared delete any of it yet... ;)

-Had to realise installing Rave reports was a separate install option

-Only problem so far:
Help system is completely broken.
No help anywhere shows - not for components, not for Tools/Options -
nowhere.
Tried a modify install, checked help was set to be on disk, didn't fix it.

Only thing I did that was non standard was I installed the D2007/RAD not to
C:\Program Files But to D:\BigPrograms As I prefer to keep larger stuff off
the C Drive.
Has this confused the system so it can't find help files?
.Net stuff was installed to the default location.

Hey I can always add the D5 Help to the tools menu again  ;)

In the famous words some may remember this fabled D2007 Help is like your
proverbial Norwegian Blue Parrot.
"Its not dead - its just sleeping!"

Anyone have any suggestions????

Errors are like:

The Menu Help option brings up the Windows Document explorer, but nothing at
all in the index.
Language options filters do not show Delphi....there are all the .net
language choices (C# C++ etc), but no help for them either.

Pressing F1 on a component brings up

Unable to interpret specified HxC file

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John



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