Help menu

Commands on the Help menu access the JBuilder online documentation set, link to the borland.com web site, display the sample Welcome Project, and display the JBuilder About box.

Choose one of the following commands for more information.



Help|Help Topics

Displays JBuilder's online documentation in the Help Viewer.

To find a topic in Help,

  1. In the Contents page, click the icon next to the left of the book you want to see. It expands to display the topics in that book.
  2. In the Index page, search for a term you want to find.
  3. In the Find page, use the full-text search mechanism to search for words in topics.


Help|JBuilder Environment

Displays "The JBuilder environment" chapter of Introducing JBuilder.



Help|Keyboard Mappings

Displays the "Editor keymapping definitions" chapter of the online help book Building Applications with JBuilder.



Help|Quick Tips

Displays JBuilder's Quick Tips file, a list of tips, sorted by JBuilder functionality. Choose an area in the left pane; tips are displayed in the right pane.



Help|JBuilder Tutorials

Displays a list of tutorials included with JBuilder. Basic tutorials are available, as well as more advanced tutorials for learning about specific functionality.



Help|Java Reference

Displays the Java Documentation in the JBuilder Help Viewer.



Help|Swing Reference

Displays help for the javax.swing package in the JBuilder Help Viewer.



Help|DataExpress Reference

This is a feature of JBuilder Professional and Enterprise.

Displays the DataExpress Component Library Reference in the JBuilder Help Viewer.



Help|dbSwing Reference

This is a feature of JBuilder Professional and Enterprise.

Displays the dbSwing Reference in the JBuilder Help Viewer.



Help|BeansExpress

This is a feature of JBuilder Professional and Enterprise.

Displays Creating JavaBeans with BeansExpress in the JBuilder Help Viewer.



Help|Borland Online

Displays the JBuilder page of the borland.com web site.



Help|JBuilder OpenTools Links

Displays links to web sites that contain information about JBuilder's OpenTools.



Help|Welcome Project (Sample)

Displays the Welcome Project in the AppBrowser. This project provides a quick orientation to JBuilder.



Help|Tip Of The Day

Displays the tip of the day.



Help|Release Notes

Displays JBuilder's Release Notes which contain important information on tips, workarounds, and known problems.



Help|About

Displays the About JBuilder dialog box that contains copyright and version information.