in Delphi Directory Routines ::The RTL's RenameFile changes the name of a specified file. The implementation of the RenameFile function calls the MoveFile API function. MoveFile can rename folders, therefore Delphi's RenameFile can also rename folders and not only files. What's more RenameFile CAN move folders, also!

Read the full article to learn how to Use RenameFile to Rename a Directory

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in Delphi TIPS :: The TMainMenu Delphi component does not expose the Visible property to let you show or hide the menu for a form programmatically, does it? It does not, but there is a way to hide the main menu for a Delphi form at run time. Here's how...

Read the full article to learn how to How to Hide / Show the Main Menu of a Delphi Application

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in Advanced Delphi ::
If you need to implement some kind of authorization for your Delphi application you might want to display a login / password dialog *before* the main form is created and displayed to the user. In short, the idea would be to create, display, and destroy the "login" dialog before creating the main form.

Read the full article to learn how to Display a LogIn Dialog Before the Main Form of a Delphi Application is Created

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in Delphi TIPS ::
A frame, like a form, is a container for other components. Frames can be nested within forms or other frames, and they can be saved on the Component palette for easy reuse.

Once you start using frames, you'll note there's no OnCreate event you can use to initialize your frames.

Read the full article to learn How to Implement the OnCreate event for a Delphi TFrame object

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