Re: New Delphi Users

From: Troy Klukewich (tklukewich_at_borland.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:47:47 -0800

> I don't think they are allowed to modify the SDK help, and it would upset
> everyone who *wants* to see the C# (or VB, C++ or JScript) descriptions.

I agree.

I think of the Framework and SDK as something that almost belongs more to
the OS than anything else. I'm sure future versions of the MS operating
systems will simply include the Framework by default. This means that any
number of different products can potentially leverage the same Framework and
the same included documentation.

I wouldn't want some other solution rewriting the SDK help that we leverage
ourselves. So having us or someone else modifying Microsoft's documentation
is truly not an option.

We're going to have to cover our unique Delphi needs purely within the
Borland Help, leveraging the Framework Help where applicable.

Troy Klukewich
Manager, Product Documentation
Borland Software

"Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)" <rvelthuis@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:xn0dewpkn1rrn8008-moderator@newsgroups.borland.com...
> At 22:11:12, 23.02.2004, Jeffrey A. Wormsley wrote:
>
> > "David Clegg" <dclegg@nospam.ebetonline.com> wrote in
> > news:xn0detwzme8hen000@newsgroups.borland.com:
> >
> > > The bottom line is it wouldn't be quick or easy for Borland to make
> > > the FCL API reference more Delphi-centric, and what we do have I
> > > think is more than workable.
> >
> > Actually, I think they should take the current MSDN files, search for
> > all occurances of [Visual Basic] [C#] [C++] and [JScript] within the
> > format used for examples, and change them to a link that points to a
> > porting guide from that language to Delphi.
>
> I don't think they are allowed to modify the SDK help, and it would upset
> everyone who *wants* to see the C# (or VB, C++ or JScript) descriptions.
>
> --
> Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)
>
> "Devlin's First Law - Buyer beware: in the hands of a charlatan,
> mathematics
> can be used to make a vacuous argument look impressive.
> Devlin's Second Law - So can PowerPoint." -- Keith Devlin

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