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Hide, Slide And Fade Away Controls On A Delphi Form

2012-05-15T03:00:05Z

in VCL Magic :: A simple "Panel1.Visible := false;" will make a panel invisible, but why not make it more eye candy by providing a hiding animation.

Read the full article to learn how to Use AnimateWindow API To More Nicely Hide and Show Delphi Controls

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Hide, Slide And Fade Away Controls On A Delphi Form originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 03:00:05.

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Why Delphi? - For Novice Delphi Developers and First Time Visitors!

2012-05-08T09:57:40Z

in For Beginners :: I've updated some of the oldies to include the latest info on what Delphi has to offer. If you are asking yourself "what is Delphi?", "what can I develop in Delphi?", "is there a future in Delphi?", "how do I start?" and alike ... here are some articles to guide you:

About Delphi Programming - for Novice Developers and First Time Visitors

What Is Delphi And What Can You Do With It (Better: What Delphi Can Do For You)

The Building Blocks Of A Delphi Application

Delphi History - from Pascal to Embarcadero Delphi XE 2

What Happened to "Borland Delphi"? What is CodeGear? What is Embarcadero?

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Why Delphi? - For Novice Delphi Developers and First Time Visitors! originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 at 09:57:40.

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Select XML Nodes Into IXMLNodeList Using XPath In XmlDom.Pas

2012-05-04T03:00:32Z

in Delphi and XML :: XPath uses a path notation, similar to that used in file systems and URLs, to specify and match pieces of the document. In Delphi, the XPath implementation in included in the xmldom.pas unit.

The IXMLNode does not have a way of selecting child nodes into a node collection by node name. You can iterate through all the nodes and if TXMLNode.NodeName matches "name" process it. A far better approach is to take advantage of the powerful node processing features in XPath.

Read the full article to learn how to Get IXMLNodeList Using XPath's IDomNodeSelect

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Select XML Nodes Into IXMLNodeList Using XPath In XmlDom.Pas originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Friday, May 4th, 2012 at 03:00:32.

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Let Your Delphi Application Be Executed When A Folder Is Right-Clicked in Windows Explorer

2012-05-01T03:00:40Z

in Delphi TIPS :: When a users right-clicks on a folder in Windows Explorer a context popup appears. Beside standard items you can add an item for your application. When a user click the item - your application gets started and you can send it (as a parameter) the folder selected.

Read the full article to learn how to Add Your Delphi Application as Item to Windows Explorer Folder Shell Menu

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Let Your Delphi Application Be Executed When A Folder Is Right-Clicked in Windows Explorer originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 at 03:00:40.

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Have a Tab Specific Hint for TTabSet or TTabControl Tabs

2012-04-27T03:00:00Z

in Delphi TIPS :: For TTabSet and TTabControl there's only "one" Hint property you can set and this hint will appear for the entire control - not taking into account the selected tab or alike. Here's how to have different hints when the mouse hovers over a specific tab of the tab control.

Read the full article to learn how to Implement Custom Hints For Each Tab in Delphi's TTabSet or TTabControl

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Have a Tab Specific Hint for TTabSet or TTabControl Tabs originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Friday, April 27th, 2012 at 03:00:00.

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Add A Grab Bar To The TSplitter

2012-04-24T03:29:46Z

in VCL Ideas :: The TSplitter Delphi control does a nice job of allowing the user to resize user elements like panels on a form to make the user interface more flexible. A nice to have for a splitter would be to have a grab bar - and here's how to easily paint one on all your splitters - without having to redesign your user interface.

Read the full article to learn how to Upgrade Your Delphi Application Resizable User Interface In Seconds

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Add A Grab Bar To The TSplitter originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 at 03:29:46.

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Faking HideSelection Property for a TCheckListBox

2012-04-23T03:00:53Z

in Delphi TIPS :: Even when you tab out of a check list box (where focus gets shifted to another control) there will still be a visual indicator for the selected item.

I am not interested in what is the selected item (if there is one) nor I want the visual indication of which item is selected when focus shifts to another control.

Read the full article to learn how to "Hide" The Selected Item When Focus Shifts Out Of A TCheckListBox

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Faking HideSelection Property for a TCheckListBox originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 at 03:00:53.

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Shortcut Keys In Delphi MDI Applications - Predefined By Windows And User Defined

2012-04-19T03:00:39Z

in MDI development :: Even though MDI as a concept was designed decades ago, there are still new applications being developed using MDI approach - or old applications that you need to maintain. Providing shortcut keys for some common actions in your MDI child forms is something that will make your application more user friendly. Do you know there are some shortcuts you cannot use?

Read the full article to learn about Predefined Windows MDI Shortcut Keys - Or "Why CTRL+F4 closes my child form?"

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Shortcut Keys In Delphi MDI Applications - Predefined By Windows And User Defined originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 at 03:00:39.

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Implementing Floating / Dockable Forms Without Dragging Or Dock Sites

2012-04-17T09:08:57Z

in VCL Ideas :: There's a group of controls on a tab sheet of a page control. There's a group of controls on a panel. Here's how to undock the controls from their original parent and make them float in a floating form / window. And unfloat / dock again. No dragging, no docking sites, easy and scalable.

Read the full article to learn how to Dock And Float Forms In Delphi - No Dragging

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Implementing Floating / Dockable Forms Without Dragging Or Dock Sites originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 09:08:57.

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Implementing OnStateIconClick In TListView - Radio Group Like ListView

2012-04-16T03:00:29Z

in TListView Ideas :: I needed to have a way to allow a user to select / check / mark one item from the list. I could not use the Selected property as it was also needed that one item can be selected while the other can be checked. The Checkboxes property was not of help. Checkboxes allows checking several items at a time. What I needed is something like a radio group where only one list item in a list view can be checked at a time. I also needed for some items to be non-checkable.

Read the full article to learn how to Change the State of a List Item By Clicking on the State Image (htOnStateIcon)

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Implementing OnStateIconClick In TListView - Radio Group Like ListView originally appeared on About.com Delphi Programming on Monday, April 16th, 2012 at 03:00:29.

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