Re: Help with Borland Help (D7)

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From: Maynard Philbrook
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 20:39

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That is a windows API function.
the Help at the IDE is mostly for Delphi language and libraries
 try looking in the window help.., look in Content etc..


Jeff Gaines wrote:

> 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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