Hi
I know, but you cant do it where the unit is not in the uses clause (or
where there are other code errors).
To be honest the whole help thing hasn't really bugged me that much. I
just find it ironic that a newer version of a product has weaker help
than an older version.
Rob Martin
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Nick wrote:
You can Ctrl-left click on the name of a function (in some source code
where it works) and it will open that unit.
Robert martin wrote:
One of the main things I use help for is to find the unit name of a
function so I can add it to the uses !
Rob Martin
Software Engineer
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Wild Software Ltd
Paul Hectors wrote:
Good point so the key is to put the unit name in front of the
function or procedure and then you can get to the help. Like you
said system.readln or system.abs gets to the content.
On 7/19/07, *John Bird* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Looks the same as you said to me - the Dinkumware link brings up a
not found
error. I wonder what is supposed to be there :) ?
Using the left hand window to Search for READLN brought up only
topics from
the Indy Help, but searching from the right hand window brought up
RAD Studio VCL Win32 Reference
System.ReadLn
Description | See Also
Collapse All
Reads a line of text from a file.
Description
In Delphi code, the ReadLn procedure reads a line of text and then
skips to
the next line of the file.
ReadLn(F) with no parameters causes the current file position to
advance to
the beginning of the next line if there is one; otherwise, it goes
to the
end of the file.
If F is omitted, the global variable Input is used, which
accesses the
processes standard input file. Use of Input in GUI applications
raises
special issues.
Note: {$I+} handles runtime errors using exceptions. When using
{$I-}, use
IOResult to check for I/O errors.
See Also
Read
Writeln
SetLineBreakStyle
So the stuff is in there......looks like you need to know your way
around
the help to find things.
I tend to use a combination of 3 helps: Google (eg "Delphi
Readln", Delphi
5, Delphi 2007. Have to say probably in that order too, mainly
because the
D2007 document explorer can be glacially slow (thanks again
MS). The actual
help content is OK though in the main.
John
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