Readme - Help Update 3 for Delphi and C++Builder XE

Help Update 3 for Delphi and C++Builder XE provides bug fixes and other improvements to the Help system. If you are viewing this Readme in the live H2 help (and not on the docwiki), you can see the latest version of this Readme at: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Readme_-_Help_Update_3_for_Delphi_and_C%2B%2BBuilder_XE

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Requirements

This Help Update can be applied to:

C++Builder XE, Delphi XE, or RAD Studio XE
Update 1 of C++Builder XE, Delphi XE, or RAD Studio XE

Important: This Help Update cannot be applied to prior software versions. You must update the product to one of the versions listed above to be able to use the Help Update mechanism.

Upgrading via the Automatic Upgrade Mechanism

Auto-update is not available for this Help Update.

Installing the Help Update from the Registered Users Site

You can obtain the help update download from here.

To install Help Update 3, use this command:

  > Help_Setup /upgrade

Known Problems with the Help Update Installer

If you close the Update before the install completes, when you run Check for Updates again, a message says there is no Update available. The workaround is to download and run HelpSetup /upgrade from the Registered Users Site.

If you have registered 3rd-party help in the RAD Studio/8.0/Help/Doc/h2reg.ini file, you might have problems if you used syntax that is not compatible with RAD Studio Help. For instructions, see How to Plug 3rd-Party Help into RAD Studio Help.

The Microsoft Platform SDK help is no longer automatically installed with the product help (this change occurred at the XE release).

To install the Microsoft Platform SDK help while you are installing the help or the help update:

When you run the help installer, find the Select Features page.
Click the X button in front of "Microsoft SDK Help," and then click Will be installed on local hard drive.
Complete the help installation.

Contents: Improvements in Help Update 3

Changes in the RAD topics

Localization is now complete for all topics, especially for the Modeling section of the help.
User comments submitted on the Discussion tab have been incorporated into the following topics:

Additional information was added to the following topics:
- C++ Keyword Extensions
- Debugger Symbol Tables

Corrections or improvements were made in the following topics:
- Custom Gestures
- Starting a Project
- Using the Annotation Feature (Subversion)
- __classid, __delphirtti, and __typeinfo

Changes in VCL-RTL Reference topics

Localization is now complete for all topics.
User comments submitted on the Discussion tab have been incorporated into the following topics:
- ComCtrls.TTreeNode.HasAsParent
Minor corrections were made in the following topics:
- TCustomActionBar.CreateControl

Changes in the Code Examples

In response to a user request, a new example was added DefaultHandler (Delphi) *** watch this -- it is only on XE2 yet

Known Problems in the Help for Delphi and C++Builder XE

See Known Problems in the Help.

For Japanese, French, and German, there are minor issues in the table of contents.
Some English content has not yet been translated.
There are several areas where content is missing or incomplete, as tracked on Quality Central.

Published on: 6/30/2011 11:11:04 AM

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