Hi,

Finally made the switch to BDS 2006 after getting a new computer to
install it on. This time it installed with no problems (4 times & no
luck on my old computer). I turned off all the features everyone has
mentioned cause problems in the editor and once I undocked the forms
from the designer it was much more familiar to use. I think I am fine
with the new tool palette in BDS 2006.

I must say that I can't stand the online help since it seems to search
way too many places when I just want stuff on Delphi and I can't find
any simple tables of contents anywhere when I just want to look through
the language reference or a component library help. Maybe I'm just
missing something, but I would really like to have the old local help
back. I also am curious what will happen when I take my computer on
vacation to work & I have no internet access.

On a very positive note I just stumbled across something that I'm pretty
sure wasn't in D6 and may have been introduced in BDS 2006... advanced
record structures that allow constructors and methods. What a great
addition to the language!

Anyway, finally a happy camper with D2006.

Sean

Sean,

Since SP2 of BDS2006 and Hotfixes 5 and 6 (if I remember right), BDS2006
is pretty decent.  As you said, you have to futz with certain things and
disable Together, etc for performance.

But you're right.  BDS-2006 Online Help....   is Online !@#!@#!@#.
(IMHO and many others).

Lance


Sean McCall wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Finally made the switch to BDS 2006 after getting a new computer to
> install it on. This time it installed with no problems (4 times & no
> luck on my old computer). I turned off all the features everyone has
> mentioned cause problems in the editor and once I undocked the forms
> from the designer it was much more familiar to use. I think I am fine
> with the new tool palette in BDS 2006.
>
> I must say that I can't stand the online help since it seems to search
> way too many places when I just want stuff on Delphi and I can't find
> any simple tables of contents anywhere when I just want to look through
> the language reference or a component library help. Maybe I'm just
> missing something, but I would really like to have the old local help
> back. I also am curious what will happen when I take my computer on
> vacation to work & I have no internet access.
>
> On a very positive note I just stumbled across something that I'm pretty
> sure wasn't in D6 and may have been introduced in BDS 2006... advanced
> record structures that allow constructors and methods. What a great
> addition to the language!
>
> Anyway, finally a happy camper with D2006.
>
> Sean
>

Sean


It is possible to get rid of some of the rubbish in the OLH

From a post in the Borland ng's

> > There is also way too much .NET and C++ stuff in there
> > for my liking, but hey, I may need it some day...
>
> Jump into the command line and execute the following:
>
> Start | Run...
> cmd
> cd <your install folder> (C:\Program Files\Borland\BDS\4.0\ by default)
> cd Help\Common
> RegHelp -2
>
> Should unregister the .NET help stuff.
>
> RegHelp /? for more information
>

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! works for D2005 also.

Roy Lambert

Sean,

<< I must say that I can't stand the online help since it seems to search
way too many places when I just want stuff on Delphi and I can't find any
simple tables of contents anywhere when I just want to look through the
language reference or a component library help. Maybe I'm just missing
something, but I would really like to have the old local help back. I also
am curious what will happen when I take my computer on vacation to work & I
have no internet access. >>

It was a PIA for us also.  It took several weeks to get the new MS Help 2
interface constructed in our build system.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com