Help with Borland Help (D7)

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From: Jeff Gaines
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 16:51

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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.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
jeff@jgaines.co.uk

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Subject: Help with Borland Help (D7)
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