Programmatically Hide the Cursor from the Screen from Delphi code
Sunday November 30, 2008
Delphi TIPS :: The Windows ShowCursor API function can be used to hide/show the mouse cursor, but this only affects our application. If we want to hide the cursor for ... Read More
Setting up the BDSWebExample Delphi Asp.Net demo application
Friday November 28, 2008
Asp.Net Course :: A Beginner's Guide to Asp.Net Programming for Delphi developers: Chapter 2.
As announced in the first chapter of this course, the entire course focuses on creating web applications ... Read More
Listing Windows processes Programmatically using Delphi
Thursday November 27, 2008
in Advanced Delphi :: Do you know what programs are running on your computer? There are multiple programs running invisibly in the background to monitor and manage how the operating ... Read More
Executor - Fancy Delphi Application Entry #46
Tuesday November 25, 2008
in FDAC ::
By a definition, executor is someone (or something) who executes a specific task. In software terms, executor could be an application responsible for the execution of other ... Read More
Get the Application associated with the Shell Print Command for a File Type
Monday November 24, 2008
in Delphi TIPS ::
If your want to programmatically print files from Delphi code, using the associated shell application, you need to first make sure that there is an application ... Read More
Complete Partial Strings Typed into a Delphi Combo Box
Sunday November 23, 2008
in Delphi TIPS :: The example explains how to complete partial strings typed into a combo box. The code represents the OnKeyPress event handler of the combo box, which performs ... Read More
An introduction to ASP.NET programming with Delphi
Friday November 21, 2008
in ASP.NET Course ::
Learn how to design, develop and debug ASP.Net web application using Borland Delphi for .Net. The chapters will cover the fundamental elements of creating Web applications ... Read More
Code Navigation in Delphi
Thursday November 20, 2008
Delphi Beginners Course :: A Beginner's Guide to Delphi Programming: Chapter 18. How to be even more productive with Delphi IDE (precisely, the code editor): start using code navigation features ... Read More
Flavors of Delphi: 2009, Delphi 2007, Turbo Delphi. What's the difference?
Tuesday November 18, 2008
in What is Delphi? :: Interested in becoming a programmer? Want to learn Delphi? Already a Delphi developer, wanting to try the latest version? Confused about various Delphi version? This ... Read More
How to Shut Down / Reboot Windows 2000 / XP / NT from Delphi code
Monday November 17, 2008
TIPS :: Under NT-based platforms, there are TOKEN PRIVILEGES. In these privileges, you have one for Shutdown allowance ("SeShutDownPrivilege"). So, the reason why you can't shutdown or reboot Win 2K ... Read More
Sending Email Messages with Delphi
Friday November 14, 2008
in Network Apps. ::
There are many ways you can send an email directly from Delphi, the most simple one is to use the ShellExecute API call to send an ... Read More
RGB color picker - Delphi Sources Included
Thursday November 13, 2008
Free Delphi Source Apps ::
A free source color sampling application. Use RGB Color Picker to sample colors from your Windows Desktop screen - get the HTML color under the ... Read More
Ant Colony Simulation - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #45
Tuesday November 11, 2008
in FDAC ::
Ant colony simulator tries to imitate the ants life. Denys has not been guided with known biological rules for Ants behaviour, he stablished his own rules for ... Read More
File Size - Get the Size of a File in Bytes using Delphi
Monday November 10, 2008
in Delphi TIPS :: When working with files and folders from a Delphi application you sometimes need to know what is the size of a file (in bytes).
Read the ... Read More
Selecting and Highlighting a Row in Delphi's DBGrid - OnMouseOverRow
Friday November 7, 2008
DBGrid :: The TDBGrid Delphi component is one of the jewels of the VCL. Designed to enable a user to view and edit data in a tabular grid, the ... Read More
Controlling the SHBrowseForFolder from Delphi - Using a Callback Function
Thursday November 6, 2008
Delphi 'n' API :: Here's how to take the full control over the SHBrowseForFolder API call. Find out how to implement an application-defined callback function that the browse dialog calls, ... Read More
Symmetric Canvas Drawing - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #44
Tuesday November 4, 2008
in FDAC ::
To draw graphics in a Delphi application, you draw on an object's canvas, rather than directly on the object. The canvas is a property of the object, ... Read More
Class Helper for Delphi's TStrings: Implemented Add(Variant)
Monday November 3, 2008
in Delphi TIPS :: In Delphi, the TStrings is the base class for objects that represent a list of strings. Examples include Lines property of a TMemo, Items property of ... Read More
Dimensions of Usable Space on Monitor (work area)
Sunday November 2, 2008
in Delphi TIPS :: If you need to find the dimensions of user's screen in pixels, after subtracting any space occupied by the task bar and any tool bars that ... Read More