Delphi / RAD Studio tooltip extended view

Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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