I currently have Delphi 2007 and Delphi XE installed on my laptop.
The pop-up code insight tooltip view is limited in the XE installation.
I seem to remember that this is in the editor options somewhere, but can't find it.
Can somebody please tell me where I turn on the extended tooltip view?
See image attached - D2007 on top , DXE below
Yes, in Delphi 2009 it is called 'Tooltip Help Insight', and is found at
Editor Options / Code Insight / Automatic features:
Screenshot http://privat.rejbrand.se/tooltiphelpinsight.png
Besides "Tooltip Expression Evaluation" and "Tooltip Help Insight" settings, also check if you have these packages loaded/installed:
- $(BDS)\Bin\dbkdebugideXXX.bpl
- $(BDS)\bin\dbkdebugproideXXX.bpl
where XXX varies according to your Delphi version.
If you are using Delphi XE+ versions you can download Delphi Distiller and check them. They are called:
- Embarcadero DBK Debugger IDE Package, and
- Embarcadero DBK Debugger Professional IDE Package
Andreas answered my question correctly, however this did not solve my problem.
Help insight worked correctly when triggered by Ctrl-Shift-H , but not on mouse hover, even though the Tooltip Help Insight was ticked. Re-booting etc did not help, however reinstalling XE Update 1 fixed the problem.