And sometimes ctrl-clicking (left) on the function/procedure gives you insight into the interface... and then ctrl-up-arrow you can even check the code implementation...
2009/3/16 matt shaffer <[email protected]> > Yes, examples are useful if there are no docs and you should look at them. > I got a tiphtmlpanel to work in my project by ripping some example source > code. What you can also do is type in the component name followed by a > period, then variables and functions will pop up. That's also a useful way > to see how a component works. > > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Henry Vermaak > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 2009/3/16 YanChengyuan <[email protected]>: >> > hey all! >> > lazarus is free and useful,and i'm glad with that. >> > but where are the manuals? >> >> there are some here: http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/docs/ >> >> > i do have read some books on Delphi Programming ,but they are for >> > newbies,and talked about things like "TEdit","TLabel" only.how come that >> i >> > know how to use things like "TIPHtmlPanel","THtmlBrowserHelpViewer"and >> > things like that without a manual ? the lazarus wiki isn't useful on >> this >> > matter at all! >> > i scanned millions of pages from google to know a little about a >> > component,and most of the infomation i got was far outdated.why can not >> our >> > developers write some mannuals while making some components? >> >> a lot of the times the names of properties and methods are >> self-explanatory. otherwise the source is right there in front of you >> :) >> >> also look through the examples. examples/turbopower_ipro/ directory >> will give you some ideas. >> >> henry >> _______________________________________________ >> Lazarus mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > > -- o__ ,_.>/ _ (_)_\(_)_______ ...speed is good _______________ I believe five out of four people have a problem with fractions.
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