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edited July 2007 in General
Hi,

Delphi2007 + RB10.6 + Vista.

When I press the 'help'-button on the designer-page nothing happens.

Greatings

Leon

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  • edited July 2007
    Hi Leon,

    It seems perhaps the help was not properly installed in the D2007
    environment. Try manually installing the RB Help 2 using the
    RBInstallHelper application.

    ARTICLE: ReportBuilder Help 2 Help
    ----------------------------------

    INTRODUCTION

    Delphi 2005/2006 has migrated its help system from WinHelp to MS Help 2. MS
    Help 2 is used by Visual Studio .Net, and the MSDN Library as well. MS Help
    2 is very different from WinHelp in that it is HTML based and requires a
    minimum of IE 5.0 to run. If you would like more information on what MS
    Help 2 is and how to use it correctly, visit http://www.helpware.net.

    The ReportBuilder 9 help files have been converted into the Help 2 format in
    order to be utilized in Delphi. These help pages are very similar to the
    format of the VS .Net help pages as we found they were the most user
    friendly.

    HELP INSTALLATION

    During the installation process, ReportBuilder tries to run a number of
    scripts that essentially merge the new ReportBuilder Help into the existing
    Borland Help 2 namespace. If you are running some virus protection software
    on you machine, it may be stopping or holding up these scripts, preventing
    the help from merging correctly. In this case you will need to either
    install the help manually or reconfigure your protection software to allow
    these scripts to run on your machine.

    To manually merge the ReportBuilder help use the RBInstallHelper application
    included in the \RBuilder\Help\... directory. Running this program from the
    command line without any parameters will display full instructions on its
    use. For example, typing the command:

    "RBInstallHelper MergeRBuilderHelp"

    Will automatically merge the standard ReportBuilder help into the
    borland.bdsx namespace. If you have RB Enterprise or Server, you will need
    to merge the other help files separately...

    "RBInstallHelper MergeRAPHelp"
    "RBInstallHelper MergeRBServerHelp"

    HELP RESTORATION

    If for some reason your entire help system has become corrupt or simply does
    not work correctly, you can perform a restore using the reghelp.exe
    application provided by Borland. The reghelp.exe application is located in
    the \Borland\BDS\x.0\Help\Common\... directory. Running this program from
    the command line will also give you instructions on its use. Typing the
    command "reghelp 7" will completely restore your Borland help.

    If this fails, you will need to reinstall the Microsoft Help 2 system by
    reinstalling one of the following Microsoft products...

    - Visual Studio .NET
    - MSDN Library
    - .NET Framework SDK
    - MS Office XP/2003 Developer

    --
    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
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