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Hi Brad

> Paul Hope used his keyboard to write :
> > Hi Dan
> >
> >>>
> >>> I have trying to move from D6 to D2007 and have now come
> >>> to a standstill
> >>> with this horrible new help system.
> >>>
> >>> What can I do to install context sensitive help files
> >>> (.hlp) from older
> >>> component suites which dont have the MSHelp2 files?
> >>>
> >>> Also I have heard that MSHelp2 is dropped in Vista in
> >>> favour of HTML (.chm)
> >>> help - does anyone know what Codegears plans are regarding
> >>> this?
> >>
> >> You just need to recalibrate yourself.  Upgrade to D2006
> >> first, then you won't feel nearly as bad about the doc in
> >> D2007<vbg>.
> >
> > Thats the crueliist thing anybody has ever said to me :-)
> >
> >>
> >> That is to say: they got it really screwed up, they know it,
> >> and they're working very hard to resove it (with some
> >> serious progress believe it or not).  Still a ways to go to
> >> be sure, but they're not ignoring it.
> >>
> >
> > Lets hope the progress is in the right direction, Lees blog didnt fill
me
> > with confidence.
> >
> Well, there's your problem.  You are reading the wrong blog.    8:-)
>
> Seriously, which part of this post don't you like?
> http://blogs.codegear.com/deeelling/2008/01/11/38293
> I think it is just filled with good news.
>
It was partly 'I'm a big believer in putting technical docs "live" on the
web' and partly what is not said.

I hate docs on the web, but dont care if they are already downloaded with
instant access.

What was not mentioned was

Any concern or activity regarding getting rid of the masses of useless
content 'procedure foo'  detail 'This is the procedure foo' (or similar)
with lots of screen space taken by panels with what the C++ (escpecially as
I had the Delphi filter on) and delphi declarations look like ('procedure
Foo;') .  In other words a whole pages and index entries for thousands of
topics where there is no information.

Apparently no progression path for the help for older component suites which
have .hlp files.

Lack of information on (or difficulty in) configuring  the help system to
integrate third party component suite help files.

I managed to migrate everything from D6 to D2007 but feel I cant use D2007
because the help is so bad.

Regards
Paul