Delphi 2007: Microsoft document explorer

[Hubert Anemaat]

Hello,

I searched for "Textrect" in the Delphi 2007 help.
It took 5 minutes before the Microsoft Document Explorer came with the
results.
Is there a faster method to search for information ?

Thanks,

Hubert Anemaat

[Peter Below (TeamB)]

Post by Hubert Anemaat
Hello,
I searched for "Textrect" in the Delphi 2007 help.
It took 5 minutes before the Microsoft Document Explorer came with
the results. Is there a faster method to search for information ?

Did you do a full text search (in the right-hand pane of the Document
Explorer)? Try the index first, it is much faster. 5 minutes are a bit
extreme even for a full text search, however. How much RAM does your PC
have?

[Hubert Anemaat]

Hello Peter,

I have an HP XW4400 with 2 GB RAM. I bought a new PC in August,
especially for Delphi 2007.
The Microsoft Document Explorer was frozen for more than 5 minutes.
I used the search tab of the right upper panel.

Because the F1 button on a Delphi/Pascal command does not work, I tried
to use this search tab.
In the Index panel on the left side, there is no result when looking for
"TextRect". The only method to find "textrect" here, is typing the word
"TCanvas".

Hubert Anemaat

Post by Peter Below (TeamB)

Post by Hubert Anemaat
Hello,
I searched for "Textrect" in the Delphi 2007 help.
It took 5 minutes before the Microsoft Document Explorer came with
the results. Is there a faster method to search for information ?

Did you do a full text search (in the right-hand pane of the Document
Explorer)? Try the index first, it is much faster. 5 minutes are a bit
extreme even for a full text search, however. How much RAM does your PC
have?

[Peter Below (TeamB)]

Post by Hubert Anemaat
Hello Peter,
I have an HP XW4400 with 2 GB RAM. I bought a new PC in August,
especially for Delphi 2007. The Microsoft Document Explorer was
frozen for more than 5 minutes. I used the search tab of the right
upper panel.
Because the F1 button on a Delphi/Pascal command does not work, I
tried to use this search tab. In the Index panel on the left side,
there is no result when looking for "TextRect". The only method to
find "textrect" here, is typing the word "TCanvas".

Yes, that is a problem with the current helpfile: the index is missing
many of the properties and methods as individual entries you can find
without knowing which class they belong to. You certainly have adequate
hardware, so I don't understand why it takes so long for you. I just
tried it on my system and it took about 3 seconds, regardless of
whether I had set a filter or not.

Oh, there is one setting in Document Explorer that has a very drastic
influence on search speed: if you don't change it the damn thing will
try to search online resources before it searches the local helpfile!
Call up the Extras->Options dialog, select the "online" node, then use
the radiobuttons on the top left to tell it to only search the local
content.

[Nick Hodges (CodeGear)]

Post by Peter Below (TeamB)
Yes, that is a problem with the current helpfile: the index is missing
many of the properties and methods as individual entries you can find
without knowing which class they belong to.

The coming help update should improve this.

Have a look and let us know:

To Install:
1. Download
http://installers.codegear.com/update/radstudio/5.2/helpupdate1/HelpSetu
p.exe
to a folder like c:\temp
2. Run HelpSetup.exe /upgrade

[Bob Swart]

Hi Nick,

Post by Nick Hodges (CodeGear)
The coming help update should improve this.

The coming help update which you just made public...! Can I put this in
my blog?

Post by Nick Hodges (CodeGear)
1. Download
http://installers.codegear.com/update/radstudio/5.2/helpupdate1/HelpSetup.exe
to a folder like c:\temp
2. Run HelpSetup.exe /upgrade

I always said that this is one of the best features of RAD Studio 2007 -
the ability to upgrade the help without touching the product itself!!

Groetjes,
Bob Swart

[Nick Hodges (CodeGear)]

Post by Bob Swart
The coming help update which you just made public...! Can I put this
in my blog?

Oops -- not quite. I thougth I was in the TeamB groups. <blush>

That is the RTM candidate, though. Should be out very, very, very soon.

SOrry.

[Bob Swart]

Hi Nick,

Post by Nick Hodges (CodeGear)
Oops -- not quite. I thougth I was in the TeamB groups. <blush>

Good thing I checked... I was <this> close to spilling the beans... ;-)

Post by Nick Hodges (CodeGear)
That is the RTM candidate, though. Should be out very, very, very soon.

OK, I'll keep the post ready for when you are ;-)

Groetjes,
Bob Swart

[Hubert Anemaat]

Hello Peter,

Thanks. It works.

Hubert Anemaat

Post by Peter Below (TeamB)

Post by Hubert Anemaat
Hello Peter,
I have an HP XW4400 with 2 GB RAM. I bought a new PC in August,
especially for Delphi 2007. The Microsoft Document Explorer was
frozen for more than 5 minutes. I used the search tab of the right
upper panel.
Because the F1 button on a Delphi/Pascal command does not work, I
tried to use this search tab. In the Index panel on the left side,
there is no result when looking for "TextRect". The only method to
find "textrect" here, is typing the word "TCanvas".

Yes, that is a problem with the current helpfile: the index is missing
many of the properties and methods as individual entries you can find
without knowing which class they belong to. You certainly have adequate
hardware, so I don't understand why it takes so long for you. I just
tried it on my system and it took about 3 seconds, regardless of
whether I had set a filter or not.
Oh, there is one setting in Document Explorer that has a very drastic
influence on search speed: if you don't change it the damn thing will
try to search online resources before it searches the local helpfile!
Call up the Extras->Options dialog, select the "online" node, then use
the radiobuttons on the top left to tell it to only search the local
content.