🚀 go-pugleaf

Thanks Nicholas, ...perhaps I should have said 'will be looking for .. ',
now I dont have to bother as you have sorted me out on that. Ta

On the d7vcl.hlp issue, Maynards got a point, but it does seem a long
alternative route to kickstart the component help in D7

Alan

info@MaxiRAD.com

"Nicholas Sherlock" <n_sherlock@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:b1vm9f$bsc$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Looking for a program to download things and it doesn't care about
> interruptions? You must be blind, they're everywhere. I reccomend
"Gozilla",
> or for the simpler but with less features (and more spyware) approach, you
> can use "Download Accellerator Plus".
>
> Cheers,
> Nicholas Sherlock
>
> "alan macfarlane" <alan@macdhui.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:b1ve0b$q6h$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >
> > There also incidentally sems to be a problem with F1 on component help (
> try
> > highlighting a component and hit F1 ) . This file is the d7vcl.hlp file,
> but
> > it appears to be truncated in the application install expansion, and
again
> > appears to be a fault. The file is available if you download the trial
> > architect version and plug in the file thus found ( 26 Mb ) , but the
> > application download is 170 odd Mb and cant be done with slow download
> > rates. I am looking for a prog which will help me get over my ISP's 2 hr
> > download cut off right now, but it would be handy if somebody who has it
> > (d7vcl.hlp) put it on Kazaa for instance.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > info@maxirad.com
> >
> > "Bj�rge S�ther" <bjorge@hahaha_itte.no> wrote in message
> > news:MIL%9.23821$Rc7.345077@news2.e.nsc.no...
> > > "Jeff Gaines" <jeff@jgaines.co.uk> skrev i melding
> > > news:l17t3v8gn1nvgoe2oh8k5sba653ieev41o@4ax.com...
> > > >
> > > > I am a newcomer to Delphi and have been using Delphi 7 for about a
> > > > month now.
> > > >
> > > > I am having massive problems with the help system, sadly it looks
like
> > > > a mix of Windows 3.1 help files that don't seem to be integrated.
> > > >
> > > > I am simulating the C# SendKeys function (using code I found on
> > > > Borland's site) which in turn uses a function 'keybd_event'.
Although
> > > > auto completion works for this function, i.e. Delphi recognises it,
I
> > > > can't get any help on it at all. I have even run grep over the
Borland
> > > > directory to try and find some reference to it without success
(except
> > > > its definition is in one of the .pas files).
> > > >
> > > > I will do a Google search now but is the help as bad as it seems? I
> > > > haven't tried to make any changes to it but it seems to me that it
> > > > consistently fails to find the subject when seeking help. I also use
> > > > MS.net and the help system in that is superb, hopefully Borland will
> > > > pull their socks up for the next release of Delphi.
> > >
> > > The problem with the help system is, I've been told, that the total
> number
> > > of searchable keywords exceeds the limits of a Windows Help system.
> That's
> > > why the WinAPI index hasn't been inculded in Delphi help system.
> > > But - there is a way:
> > > - Type the keyword in delphi editor (e.g. after the bottom 'end.') -
and
> > hit
> > > F1...voil� !
> > >
> > > What I allways do is place a shortcut to Win32.hlp file on my desktop.
> > It's
> > > needed for searching the WinAPI help , because even if the F1 tric
> > > mentiaoned above works, you still cant search WinAPI from the help
> system.
> > > The help page is from WinAPI, but you're in Delphi help system....
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bj�rge S�ther
> > > bjorge@hahaha_itte.no
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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