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December 2009

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Installation Options for RAD Studio 2010

Dee Elling – You may want to know about two options related to installing RAD Studio 2010 Help: that it doesn't install automatically with the product; you install it separately you can choose whether or not to install the Microsoft SDK Help collection Installing Help The Help Installer is separate from ...
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September 2009

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Wiki Wiki Help2 Wiki

Dee Elling – Building a documentation wiki for RAD Studio has been a major goal and ongoing task here for more than 2 years. I'm extremely happy to say we have launched Version 1 of the RAD docwiki at http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio. In addition to the over 60,000 topics in English, the wiki hosts ...
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April 2009

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Getting Started with Delphi and C++Builder 2009

Dee Elling – As someone who hires people to document RAD Studio, one of my challenges has been to find training materials for the brand new user.  There are excellent sources for experienced users, but the fresh graduate who may have learned C or Java in school did not find a lot of ...
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RAD Studio 2009 Help Update 2 CHM/PDF/HTML files posted

Dee Elling – Hi, The English Help Update 2 released in March, and now the update is available in PDF, CHM, and HTML formats at http://docs.embarcadero.com/products/rad_studio/. By request, you can access the HTML pages and bookmark them in your browser. For example, here's the Delphi Language Guide online! ...
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December 2008

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RS2009 Help Update 1 released

Dee Elling – Our year-end push has been the first Help update for RS2009, and it is now available. See Kris's notes at http://dn.codegear.com/article/39139. Next we'll add the CHMs, PDFs, and HTMLs to docs.codegear.com; look for those in the New Year! Happy Holidays, -DeeShare This | Email this page to a friend
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July 2008

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docs.codegear.com beta

Dee Elling – For those who want one-stop access to CodeGear product docs in PDF, HTML, and/or CHM formats, use http://docs.codegear.com. Not all docs are in all formats; let me know if there is something special you need. Also note that the Search is not yet robust, that's why it's still beta. There ...
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May 2008

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Continuous Improvement

Dee Elling – The first ever set of updates to the RAD Studio "Highlander" Help have gone out to customers over the previous many months, and the last one is on its way. We've learned how to keep improving the existing release while ramping up on the next one. It's been a challenge ...
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February 2008

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Help on Help

Dee Elling – The MS Help2 viewer is packed with features that are not always obvious. Kris Houser has posted an article about how to best use the RAD Studio Help. My favorite tip is how to use the Tools/Options/Help/Online dialog box to specify whether Search will include external sources or only RAD ...
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January 2008

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Docs on the Web

Dee Elling – I'm a big believer in putting technical docs "live" on the web, especially for products that are web-oriented and/or whose customers are intense internet users. The tech docs at my alma mater WebLogic were a strategic advantage in the Java community; developers went to that website for the best J2EE ...
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RAD Studio Help Update and CHMs

Dee Elling – It's January and time to catch up on the latest activities of the RAD Studio docs team. Last November we released the first ever Help Update and that went very well. Special thanks to  our Field Testers! For those who prefer the HTML Help format, we released CHM versions on ...
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September 2007

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Examples on CodeCentral

Dee Elling – Our Delphi examples writer Rick Dickason has started posting the packages for the examples that are in the RAD Studio Help.  Actually, with the first two he is a bit ahead of the Help... they will be included in Help Update 1, soon! The way it works was originally envisioned by ...
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Releases Galore and Delphi Examples

Dee Elling – We've had a flurry of releases the last few weeks! JGears, RAD Studio 2007 with Blackfish SQL, and the new kid on the block 3rdRail with veteran InterBase. Coming up for air, I'm starting to take in the feedback and work on the upcoming round of updates. I'm hearing good things ...
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August 2007

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Old Help and New

Dee Elling – I get lots of questions about why the newer RAD Studio help systems have so much less information than the older versions. Many customers keep the old help around because the new help is still not on par! This of course was a big shock to me; I'll share a bit of what I know about the situation and ...
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English CHMs (HTMLHelp) for RAD Studio 2007 posted

Dee Elling – See RAD Studio Delphi 2007 Help CHM Files or RAD Studio C++Builder 2007 Help CHM Files for HTMLHelp versions of the current English Help. These contain some bugfixes from June 1 to Aug 3, including "restoration" of many files for namespaces such as Classes. I'm curious to know if the CHM ...
Details Favorite? Off-Topic? Dee Elling @ 2007-08-07 10:34

July 2007

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Goals of the CodeGear docs team

Dee Elling – I've recently been rolling out my plans to the CodeGear Engineering team and want to start sharing them with you. The docs team now has a few high-priority tactical goals and some strategic ones. Here's our list: Tactical RAD Studio content: restore and fill in missing content RAD Studio ...
Details Favorite? Off-Topic? Dee Elling @ 2007-07-16 14:18
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