Question: How do I install the JEDI Code Library?
The JEDI Code Library doesn't have to be installed. You just unzip the sources
into a folder of your liking, add this folder to your library path and include
the desired units in your applications uses clause.
Question: Where's the helpfile?
The helpfile is a separate download. You can find it on the same page from where you downloaded the source code. Browse to JCL Homepage go to the downloads page and select the "Download Helpfile" link. This will give you a file named JCL-Help.zip. Unzip it into a folder of your liking and double-click the JCL.chm file.
Question: What's a .CHM and how do I open it?
A .chm is a Microsoft Compiled HTML help-file. It's the standard for new helpfiles
for Windows 98 and Windows 2000. A .chm is basically a replacement for the old
WinHelp style helpfiles and instead of being based on RTF it is based on HTML (and
as such you can do anything in the helpfile you can do with standard HTML).
To view a .chm file you will need to have HTML Help installed on your system.
HTML Help is installed by default by Windows 98 and Window 2000 and most recent
Microsoft applications (IE5, Office 2000 etc) will install it if it's not there
already. If however you don't have HTML Help installed you can download it from
the
Microsoft HTML Help homepage. After installing you should be able to view
the JCL helpfile by double clicking it in explorer.
Tip: Add the helpfile to Delphi's Tools menu.
Question: What about context sensitive help?
Unfortunately it is not possible (yet) to press F1 on an identifier declared in the JCL and go directly to the help topic for that identifier. This is not a limitation of Compiled HTML Help but rather a consequence of Borland not supporting HTML Help in the IDE yet. A Delphi expert to intercept context sensitive help requests for the JCL is being worked on and will be made available when it's ready. Keep an out for it on the downloads page.