On 5-3-2013 15:08, appjaws wrote: > On 05/03/13 12:50, Reinier Olislagers wrote: > <snip> >>> >>> Is F1 the only way to access the integrated help? >> Yep. Do note that you need to put the cursor on a keyword (e.g. begin, >> or for or while...). > > Maaaaaaaybe I have the wrong expectations with regard to the Help system. > If I press F1 with begin clicked I do get the help viewer - I've never > done this before. > I was working on the assumption that if the cursor was over a component > on the tool bar and them F1 was pressed I would see help about that > component. I agree, see this bug that I posted: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=23410 No context-sensitive help for control on form
> So question How do I obtain help on a component? Place your cursor on a component name (e.g. TIBConnection for a Firebird conection) *in the source code editor* after e.g. dropping the component on a form. Things like TIBConnection, grids and probably a lot more are included in the help file - just not accessible via F1 if you have a component selected on the form. Apart from that, there's a lot of information on the wiki, e.g. the LazActivex component is nicely documented there. > > Sorry for all the confusion, I told you that it was probably me being > silly and not understanding the basics. No problem - glad we worked it out in the end (though I'm still a bit curious about these lhelped permissions for root) -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus