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DOCUMENTATION SECTION

Areas of concentration under: documentation

Area: documentation\online docs (not help)

Reference Number: 20 (Published: 03/18/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 03/12/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Documentation Problem

Problem:

TClientDataset page note section needs to be 
reworked. It is hard to understand what is being 
said, and is grammatically incorrect. Maybe a 
reference to the books for a better detailed 
explanation

Area: documentation\online docs (not help)

Reference Number: 36 (Published: 03/18/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 03/19/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Documentation Problem

Problem:

TRemoteServer.AppServer mentions 
ServerDispatch.  (The old name.)

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 56 (Published: 03/16/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 03/25/97
Severity: Critical
Type: Crash

Problem:


It is not possible to index search the Win32 API 
help from within Delphi.

F1 - > index = fails
Help | Contents - > Index = fails

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 14 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 03/04/97
Severity: Serious
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

TConfigMode has not been updated for BDE 4.0 
features - still uses old settings.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 21 (Published: 03/18/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 03/13/97
Severity: Serious
Type: Documentation Problem

Problem:

TWinSocketStream.Create does not have all the 
correct parameters for the syntax. 

Listed as:
constructor Create(ASocket: TCustomWinSocket);

Should be:
constructor TWinSocketStream.Create(ASocket: 
TCustomWinSocket; TimeOut: Longint);

Confirmed in Source.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 29 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 03/17/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Basic Functionality Failure

Problem:

[Web Deployment Help]
The link to 'Instructions for deploying ActiveX 
controls on the Web' does npt work. It returns 'No 
additional help information available'.

The help text tells you to read this subject first, but it 
doesn't come up.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 78 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 04/14/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Basic Functionality Failure

Problem:

Most of the jumps under ObPascal | Expressions do 
not work.  User gets "Topic does not exists.  
Contact your application vendor for an updated 
Help file.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 100 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 05/05/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Basic Functionality Failure

Problem:

TBookMarkList used on  
TCustomDBGrid.SelectedRows is not documented.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 101 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 05/06/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Basic Functionality Failure

Problem:

ListView Component

The Help File Documentation for the Focused 
property States:

"Setting Focused to True sets the Focused property 
of all other items in the list view to False"

This does not happen.  The ListView ends up with 
multiple focused items.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 104 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 05/13/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Basic Functionality Failure

Problem:

Selecting 'TSaveDialog' from the help index takes 
you to 'Using data modules' help page.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 70 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 04/07/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

An error comes up when clicking on the See Also 
link for EParserError.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 77 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 04/11/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

Help topic not found when pressing help on the 
menu point FILE|CLOSE.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 85 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 04/18/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

The collection editor shows always the 'Action 
editor' help.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 86 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 04/18/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

Error 'Help topic not found' in the TDataBase editor 
dialog.

Area: documentation\online help

Reference Number: 87 (Published: 03/17/98)
Status: Fixed
Date Reported: 04/18/97
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 16
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 03/10/97



Severity: Commonly Encountered



Type: Documentation Problem



Problem:
Most areas where an example would be appropriate 
there are none.  Please add more examples.





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 24
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 03/14/97



Severity: Commonly Encountered



Type: Documentation Problem



Problem:
TToolButton.Wrap only seems to work when 
TToolBar.Wrapable is False.  This should be 
explained in the documentation.





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 42
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 03/20/97



Severity: Commonly Encountered



Type: Documentation Problem



Problem:
Clicking "Establishing and maintaining a connection 
to an application server" on the Distributed 
Datasets page causes "No additional information is 
available."





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 52
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 03/24/97



Severity: Commonly Encountered



Type: Documentation Problem



Problem:
The help button on the Trace Options dialog  does 
not link to a help topic.





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 68
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 04/03/97



Severity: Commonly Encountered



Type: Documentation Problem



Problem:
Bring up Delphi's help

Search for COM

Choose Overview of COM. One of the last lines 
refers to a picture which isn't there





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 79
 (Published: 03/17/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 04/14/97



Severity: Infrequently Encountered



Type: Basic Functionality Failure



Problem:
Object Pascal help file.

EUnderflow in Fatal errors page is a bad jump.  User 
gets no additional information error. (141)





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 41
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 03/19/97



Severity: Infrequently Encountered



Type: Minor Functionality Failure



Problem:
Caption for TQuery has a ¿ in front of the text, e.g. 
¿TQuery.





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 82
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 04/17/97



Severity: Infrequently Encountered



Type: Minor Functionality Failure



Problem:
The see also link for "Working with the code editor" 
displays a window with the text See also...





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 119
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 05/20/97



Severity: Infrequently Encountered



Type: Minor Functionality Failure



Problem:
If you choose 'case' in the index, you get  the help 
page for TCustomEdit.CharCase.





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 126
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 06/05/97



Severity: Infrequently Encountered



Type: Minor Functionality Failure



Problem:
The example for the function SelectDirectory does 
not work due to a missing parameter.





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 19
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 03/12/97



Severity: Infrequently Encountered



Type: Documentation Problem



Problem:
Int and Frac should be documented as using an 
Extended rather than Real as parameter and return 
values.





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 22
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 03/14/97



Severity: Infrequently Encountered



Type: Documentation Problem



Problem:
Help screen for TConfigMode has the wrong 
information and none of the jumps are enabled.  
Also, no help for TConfigModes.





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 23
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 03/14/97



Severity: Infrequently Encountered



Type: Documentation Problem



Problem:
Online Help for TDataSetState has not been 
updated.





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 28
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 03/17/97



Severity: Infrequently Encountered



Type: Documentation Problem



Problem:
No online help for overridden 
TBDEDataSet.Translate function.

Also, we should improve the description for 
TDataSet.Translate to indicate that this function is 
intended to perform AnsiToOEM translations. 





Area: documentation\online help


Reference Number: 48
 (Published: 03/18/98)



Status: Fixed

Date Reported: 03/21/97



Severity: Infrequently Encountered



Type: Documentation Problem



Problem:
The link to "Filters" on the topic "Filter Editor" 
doesn't work.







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