Welcome to the Updated Delphi 2.0 Help
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This README file contains important information about the updated Delphi 2.0 help files that you downloaded to your system. The instructions in this README assume a default installation of Delphi on your system.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. LIST OF UPDATED DELPHI 2.0 HELP FILES
2. INSTALLING THE UPDATED HELP FILES
3. GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO JUMPS AND LINKS
4. NEW TOPICS AND NAVIGATIONAL FEATURES
5. CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HELP IN THE IDE
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1. LIST OF UPDATED DELPHI 2.0 HELP FILES
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The following .HLP files have been updated for Delphi 2.0:
CWG.HLP
DBEXPLOR.HLP
DELPHI.HLP
IBCTRLS.HLP
IMAGEDIT.HLP
OBPASCAL.HLP
VCL.HLP
The following Windows API file has been modified to enable browse
sequences. If you require the Windows API reference, you can also
download this file:
WIN32.HLP
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2. INSTALLING THE UPDATED HELP FILES
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The updated Delphi 2.0 help files are available in .ZIP format. You
should dowload and install all the core Delphi help files. These
include:
CWG.ZIP
DBEXPLOR.ZIP
DELPHI.ZIP
IBCTRLS.ZIP
IMAGEDIT.ZIP
OBPASCAL.ZIP
VCL.ZIP
To install the updated Delphi 2.0 help files, follow these steps:
1. Exit Delphi.
2. Create a folder to contain the help files you download.
3. Download the .ZIP files into the new folder.
4. Back up the .HLP, .CNT, and .KWF files in the
\Borland\Delphi 2.0\Help folder. Back up the DELPHI.HDX file in
the \Borland\Delphi 2.0\Bin folder.
5. Delete CWG.*, DBEXPLOR.*, DELPHI.*, IBCTRLS.*, IMAGEDIT.*,
OBPASCAL.*, and VCL.* files in the \Borland\Delphi 2.0\Help
folder. Delete the DELPHI.HDX file in the \Borland\Delphi 2.0\Bin
folder.
6. Unzip the the new help files in your download folder and move
the *.HLP, *.CNT, *.KWF files into the \Borland\Delphi 2.0\Help
folder. Move the DELPHI.HDX file into the \Borland\Delphi 2.0\Bin
folder.
6. Select all the files in the your download file and move them into
the \Borland\Delphi 2.0\Help directory.
To install the WIN32.HLP file:
1. Exit Delphi.
2. Create a folder to contain the help files you download.
3. Download the WIN32.ZIP file into the new folder.
4. Delete WIN32.* in the \Borland\Delphi 2.0\Help folder.
5. Unzip WIN32.ZIP and move the resulting files into the
\Borland\Delphi 2.0\Help folder.
6. Edit your WINHELP.INI file to remove any references to
WIN32.HLP.
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3. GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO JUMPS AND LINKS
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The updated Delphi 2.0 help files contain numerous fixes to previously known broken jumps and links. These fixes are available when you invoke help from the Delphi Help menu. For some existing topics and all new topics, additional jumps and links have been added.
Navigational browse sequences have been enabled for WIN32.HLP.
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4. NEW TOPICS AND NAVIGATIONAL FEATURES
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The following list identifies new topics added to Delphi Help. Topics are identified by Help file name, such as VCL.HLP, by object within a help file, and by property, event, method, or type within an object. For example, in VCL.HLP, the TPanel component contains a new topic for the Locked property. The entry is as follows:
VCL.HLP
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TPanel:
Locked property
Topics are grouped by help file below:
DELPHI.HLP
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A new topic has been added to the DELPHI.HLP contents under
the "What's New in Delphi?" section. It is called
"InterBase Server running on NT" It has one subtopic: "How
to install" This leads to a contents page which has all the
topics listed for installing InterBase on NT.
The topic "Declaring Interface Routines," under "Reusing Forms
as DLLs," includes an extensive, updated example.
Help topics have been added for the following dialog boxes
and editors in the IDE. To access these topics from the IDE,
choose Help from the IDE menu and search on the topic name
in the help index.
Add Fields dialog box
Fields editor
Associate attributes dialog box
Save attributes dialog box
Retrieve attributes
Save as attributes
Unassociate attributes
Fields Editor edit options
DBGrid Columns editor
Update SQL editor
New Field dialog box
Defining a data field
Defining a calculated field
Programming a calculated field
Defining a lookup field
Index Files editor
Query Parameters editor
StoredProc Parameters editor
Field Link designer
ListView Columns Editor
ListView Items Editor
TreeView Items Editor
HeaderControl Sections Editor
StatusBar Panels Editor
Add page dialog box
Rename page dialog box
VCL.HLP
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Most controls:
DragDrop method
Queries (and other query topics):
Live Result sets
TApplication:
HandleMessage method
TBatchMove:
CommitCount property
TBits object (and related entries):
Bits property
OpenBit method
TChangeLink object:
Change method
TColorDialog:
Options property
cdSolidColor
cdAnyColor
TConversion object (and related entries):
TConversion object
TConversionClass type
TDatabase:
FlushSchemaCache
ValidateName method
SessionAlias property
TDatabase, TDataSet, TQuery, TSession, TStoredProc, TTable:
Constrained property
CurrentSession property
DefaultFields property
InTransaction property
RecordSize property
TraceFlags property
ActiveBuffer method
FetchAll method
GetCurrentRecord method
LockTable method
RenameTable method
UnlockTable method
UpdateObject method
ValidFieldIndex method
TLockType type
TDataModule:
TDBGrid (and related entries):
TitleFont property
DefaultDrawColumnCell method
TDBLookupComboBox, TDBLookupListBox:
DropDownAlign property
DropDownRows property
ListFieldIndex property
CloseUp method
ListVisible method
OnCloseUp event
TDragObject object (and related entries):
Instance method
TDragControlObject object:
Finished method
GetDragCursor method
GetName method
TField and TFieldDef:
BDECalcField
TFontDialog:
Options property
fdApplyButton
TForm:
DefocusControl method
TImageList:
BeginDrag method
EndDrag method
Dragging property
TImageList (and related methods):
GetDragImage method
HideDragImage method
ShowDragImage method
TNumericField component:
TOleContainer control (and related entries):
AllowInPlace property
AutoActivate property
AutoVerbMenu property
CanPaste property
CopyOnSave property
Iconic property
Linked property
PrimaryVerb property
NewInserted property
ObjectVerbs property
OldStreamFormat property
OleClassName property
OleObject property
OleObjectInterface property
Sender property
SizeMode property
SourceDoc property
StorageInterface property
ConvertReadStream function
ConvertWriteStream function
DestroyMetaPict procedure
Copy method
ChangeIconDialog method
CreateLinkToFile method
CreateObject method
CreateObjectFromFile method
CreateObjectFromInfo method
DestroyObject method
DoVerb method
GetIconMetaPict method
InsertObjectDialog method
IsLinkedTo method
Paste method
PasteSpecialDialog method
ObjectPropertiesDialog method
Run method
UpdateObject method
UpdateVerbs method
OnObjectMove event
TAutoActivate type
TCreateInfo type
TCreateType type
TObjectState type
TSizeMode type
TOleControl:
TOpenDialog:
Options property
ofNetworkButton
ofNoLongNames
ofOldStyleDialog
ofNoDereferenceLinks
TPanel:
Locked property
TParam:
Bound property
TPrintDialog:
Options property
poPrintToFile
poPageNums
TQuery:
RowsAffected property
ParamCheck property
TQuery, TStoredProc, TTable:
Bookmark
UpdateObject
UpdatesPending property
OnServerYield event
TReport:
LaunchType property
TRegistry, TRegIniFile:
ERegistryException type
TRegKeyInfo type
TRegDataType type
TRegDataInfo type
Create constructor
Destroy destructor
CloseKey method
CreateKey method
DeleteKey method
DeleteValue method
GetDataInfo method
GetDataSize method
GetDataType method
GetKeyInfo method
GetKeyNames method
GetValueNames method
HasSubKeys method
KeyExists method
LoadKey method
MoveKey method
OpenKey method
ReadCurrency method
ReadBinaryData method
ReadBool method
ReadDate method
ReadDateTime method
ReadFloat method
ReadInteger method
ReadString method
ReadTime method
RegistryConnect method
RenameValue method
ReplaceKey method
RestoreKey method
SaveKey method
UnLoadKey method
ValueExists method
WriteCurrency method
WriteBinaryData method
WriteBool method
WriteDate method
WriteDateTime method
WriteFloat method
WriteInteger method
WriteString method
WriteTime method
CurrentKey property
CurrentPath property
LazyWrite property
RootKey property
TRegIniFile:
DeleteKey method
EraseSection method
ReadBool method
ReadInteger method
ReadSection method
ReadSections method
ReadSectionValues method
ReadString method
WriteBool method
WriteInteger method
WriteString method
FileName property
TRichEdit:
DefaultConverter property
RegisterConversionFormat method
TSession:
IsAlias
TThread object (and related entries):
TThreadFunc type
TThreadPriority type
EThread object
FreeOnTerminate property
Priority property
ReturnValue property
Suspended property
ThreadID property
DoTerminate method
Suspend method
Synchronize method
WaitFor method
OnTerminate event
RTL functions:
AppendStr
AssignStr
BeginThread
CmdLine
CmdShow
CurrencyString
CurrToStr
CurrToStrF
EmptyStr
EndThread
ErrorProc
ExitProc
ExpandUNCFileName
ExtractFileDrive
Filemode
FileOpen
FileRead
FileWrite
FormatCurr
HPrevInst
IsMultiThread
LongMonthNames
MSecsPerDay
NegCurrFormat
NullStr
OleStrToString
OleStrToStrVar
OpenFile
ReadFile
SecsPerDay
ShortMonthNames
StringToOleStr
StrToCurr
TByteArray
Test8086
TTextBuf
TVarRec
TWordArray
Variant
VarToStr
WideCharLenToStrVar
WideCharToStrVar
WriteFile
Units:
DBLogDlg:
LoginDialog
LoginDialogEx
DBPWDlg:
PasswordDialog
OBPASCAL.HLP
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PAnsiString
PByteArray
PCurrency
PExtended
PShortString
PTextBuf
PVariant
PVarRec
PWordArray
WIN32.HLP
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Added browse sequences
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5. CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HELP IN THE IDE
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Many broken context-sensitive help jumps have been corrected and
many missing topics for help in IDE menus and dialog help buttons have been added. When you download the help files you gain access to the missing topics from the Index and Find pages in Help, but you cannot access the topics directly from the IDE menus and dialogs. In upcoming versions of Delphi, the IDE will directly support these context-sensitive help topics.