Depending on the value of the
If you press F1 from the JADE development environment to launch the Adobe Reader and access the appropriate topic in a JADE PDF file using Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher from a slower machine (for example, from an older laptop), JADE can time-out before it has time to load the appropriate document at the required topic after it has launched the Adobe Reader application. Although the Adobe Reader may be launched, you have to repeat the F1 action to enable JADE to open the PDF document itself at the specified hyperlink topic.
You can use the
To access online help in the editor pane
Press F1 when the caret is positioned on a:
JADE instruction
System or Window class, property, method, or event
Primitive type
Method option
Online help for the current item is then displayed, with the appropriate topic on the Web page in your browser or in the PDF file displayed in the top left corner of the Adobe Reader document pane.
The help text provides the appropriate description, syntax or signature, and often a usage example.
To find details about the item under the caret
Press F11
Details about the current item are then displayed in bubble help. For example, if the caret is positioned on the i variable, bubble help displays the following information.
i is a local variable of type Integer
When details of a property that has a mapping method are displayed, press F12 to display a freestanding editor pane containing the mapping method source for that property.
See also "Using Bubble Help in the Editor Pane", in Chapter 4 under "Defining and Compiling JADE Methods and Conditions", "Displaying Bubble Help in Browser Lists" under "Using the Class, Primitive Types, or Interface Browser", in Chapter 3, and "Navigating Around the JADE Development Environment", earlier in this chapter.
To view information about the cause and solution to a compiler error
Press F1 when a compile error (that is, an error in the range 6000 through 6999) is displayed in JADE development environment status line and the caret is positioned in whitespace in the editor pane (that is, there is no character on either side of the caret).
Online help for the error is then displayed on the Web page in your browser or in the PDF file, providing you with the cause and recommended action for the solution of that compiler error.
This feature applies only to compiler errors. Syntax errors are displayed only in the status line.