Metric Converter - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #27
Tuesday April 29, 2008
in FDAC :: 1 Feet is how much Centimeters or Inches? Do you know that 1 pound is 16 ounces? You certainly know that 1 GB is 1073741824 bytes ... Read More
Take a Screen Shot of an Inactive Window - Using PrintWindow API from Delphi
Monday April 28, 2008
in Delphi TIPS :: Taking a screen shot of a window using Delphi code is rather easy. A screen shot (screen capture) is a copy of the screen's contents ... Read More
Using the SelectDirectory Delphi routine - to Select a Directory/Folder
Sunday April 27, 2008
in Delphi TIPS :: You can display a dialog to the user to allow directory/folder selection without using a TOpenDialog component. First, add FileCtrl unit to the uses clause of ... Read More
Simple HTML page scraping with Delphi
Friday April 25, 2008
in Delphi Web programming :: This article will show you the techniques needed to download an HTML page from the Internet, do some page scraping (using regular expressions for ... Read More
Bidirectional links, Callbacks and Linking Classes : Delphi OOP Chapter 25
Thursday April 24, 2008
in Delphi OOP Course :: Nearly all the communication between objects covered so far has been unidirectional, from an initiator to a recipient. This leaves the recipient with no possibility ... Read More
Windows Shut Down / Restart / Log Off - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #26
Tuesday April 22, 2008
in FDAC ::
Do you need to restart, log off or even shut down Windows frequently? How about 3 simple shortcuts to automate the proces?
Implemented as a console mode ... Read More
Use Custom Check Box Images for a ListView - Delphi 's TListView Checkboxes are Ugly
Monday April 21, 2008
in Delphi TIPS ::
When the ViewStyle property of a TListView Delphi control is set to vsReport and CheckBoxes is set to true, list view includes a check box next ... Read More
Disabling an Event Handler After its First Execution
Saturday April 19, 2008
in Delphi TIPS :: Have you ever wanted to keep an event from firing once it has executed? Simply set the event handler method to nil in the body of ... Read More
Creating Your Own Custom Delphi Components - Inside and Out
Friday April 18, 2008
Custom VCL dev. :: This tutorial will explain component writing to you, which should result in more code reuse. It will go over properties, events and methods, and will also ... Read More
Patterns for Varying Class Behavior - Delphi OOP Chapter 24
Thursday April 17, 2008
in OOP Course ::
The structure of a class is fixed when the class is compiled. However, there are occasions when an operation may need to take on different characteristics at ... Read More
1337 Elite Slang Converter - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #25
Tuesday April 15, 2008
in FDAC ::
Elite or leet or 1337 is a geek talk - online slang. 1337 is geek's for "leet," which is an abbreviation of "elite." This term was derived ... Read More
Force Blank Value Display on TDateTimePicker
Sunday April 13, 2008
in Delphi Tips :: A little trick is to use the letters gg in the format property. This format pattern displays the period or era. This pattern is ignored if ... Read More
Force TDateTimePicker to Display Empty "Value"
Saturday April 12, 2008
in Delphi TIPS :: A little trick is to use the letters gg in the format property. This format pattern displays the period or era. This pattern is ignored if ... Read More
GDI Graphics In Delphi
Friday April 11, 2008
Delphi Graphics ::
From simple lines to direct API calls: the ultimate tutorial to GDI graphics in Delphi. This tutorial will introduce you to some of the techniques in the ... Read More
The Facade Patterns - Delphi OOP Chapter 23
Thursday April 10, 2008
in OOP Course :: Chapter summary: Using delegation (in the form of composition or association) in implementing patterns; Using the Adapter pattern; Object and class Adapters; Using the Facade pattern; ... Read More
Task Manager Clone - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #24
Tuesday April 8, 2008
in FDAC ::
Task Manager Clone displays information about the performance of your computer and the programs and processes that are running on your computer. Use it to view process ... Read More
No Main Form Delphi Application
Monday April 7, 2008
in Delphi TIPS ::
Every Delphi application must have a main form. The main form is the first form created in the body of the application. When the main form ... Read More
Top 10 Reporting Tools for Delphi
Friday April 4, 2008
in Delphi TIP Picks :: Easily create complex reports that are linked directly into your Delphi EXE. Most of the tools from the list provide all the means for you ... Read More
The Adapter Pattern - Delphi OOP Chapter 22
Thursday April 3, 2008
OOP Course ::
If a single class delegates operations to more than one existing class, an effect similar to multiple inheritance is possible while avoiding some of the complications.
Delegation ... Read More
Reversi (Othello) - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #23
Tuesday April 1, 2008
in FDAC ::
Reversi (Othello) is the a strategy board game which involves play by two parties on an eight-by-eight square grid with pieces that have two distinct sides.
The game ... Read More

