Group Items in Delphi's TListView Control with Expandable and Collapsible Sections
Tuesday June 30, 2009
in TListView Ideas ::
The TListView Delphi control displays and manages a list of items, displayed in columns, vertically or horizontally, with small or large icons.
Windows XP, and later versions, ... Read More
Programmatically Remove a Mapped Network Drive: Dialog or Silent
Monday June 29, 2009
in Delphi TIPS ::
When working with files and folders in your Delphi applications you might need to provide a user with an option to map a shared network path ... Read More
Build your First "Hello World Virus" in Delphi
Friday June 26, 2009
Delphi for fun :: Who said programming cannot be fun? Let's create a simple "memory eater" that executes itself an unlimited number of times - thus consuming all ... Read More
Display Bold Items in the TTreeView Delphi Control
Thursday June 25, 2009
TIPS :: By default (Windows drawing), all items (tree nodes) of a tree view share the same font styling. If you only want to apply *bold* to some tree ... Read More
Programmatically Execute the Map Network Drive Dialog to Map a UNC Path to a Drive Letter Using Delphi
Tuesday June 23, 2009
in Delphi TIPS ::
When working with files and folders in your Delphi applications you might need to provide a user with an option to map a shared network path ... Read More
Convert an Amount of Microseconds into a TDateTime Value
Monday June 22, 2009
in Delphi TIPS :: When testing your code for speed, or when you have some lengthy function, and you need to display how much time some process took to execute, ... Read More
Dynamically Add Items (Custom Properties) to a TPopUp Delphi Menu
Friday June 19, 2009
RUN-TIME Dev. ::
When working with Menus or PopUp menus in Delphi applications, in most scenarios, you create the menu items at design-time. There may be situations when the items ... Read More
Access a Single TRadioButton in a TRadioGroup - Disable, Change Font, etc.
Thursday June 18, 2009
TIPS :: The TRadioGroup Delphi component represents a group of radio buttons that function together. To add radio buttons to a TRadioGroup, edit the Items property - each string ... Read More
Challenge Results - Fastest Delphi Unique Random Number Generator
Tuesday June 16, 2009
in Delphi Challenges ::
Here's the list of the accepted entries. 13 entries were accepted before initial results were published.
The winner (for the moment) is Patrick van Logchem with ... Read More
High Performance Timer in Delphi - TStopWatch - Measure Elapsed Time
Monday June 15, 2009
in Timing Code ::
In most "normal" database applications, for example, it is not that much important if some piece of code would take 1 or 2 seconds to execute. ... Read More
Store and Retrieve DBGrid's Columns Order and Visibility in Delphi Database Applications
Friday June 12, 2009
TDBGrid Ideas :: In Delphi database applications, the TDBGrid component is commonly used to display (and optionally edit) the data displayed in the Grid.
If you allow a user ... Read More
What's In The Recycle Bin? Programmatically Open the Recycle Bin from Delphi Code!
Thursday June 11, 2009
Delphi Tips :: When you delete a file in Windows Explorer or My Computer, the file appears in the Recycle Bin. The file remains in the Recycle Bin until you ... Read More
Delphi Challenge: Fastest Unique Random Number Generator
Tuesday June 9, 2009
in Delphi Code Challenges ::
Delphi programming challenges / exercises are designed to help you refactor your old code to make it more efficient; get new ideas on how to ... Read More
Delphi Programming Almanacs: 1998. - 2009. Something for Every Delphi Developer: Beginner or a Guru!
Monday June 8, 2009
in Delphi Almanacs :: According to Wikipedia, an almanac is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar.
A Delphi ... Read More
Delphi Does Office 2007 Rich Menus using Owner Drawn Menu Items
Friday June 5, 2009
ARTICLES :: A sample Delphi application demonstrating how you can make your menu items take on the new look of the Office 2007 - doing rich menus using owner ... Read More
How to Run your Delphi Application by Double-Clicking on a File (Register a FileType - Extension with Your Program)
Thursday June 4, 2009
TIPS :: When creating applications, it is often necessary to store (application related) data on the file system. You may choose to create your own file type (with a *unique* ... Read More
Machine Flow - Delphi Esolang Implementation
Tuesday June 2, 2009
in Delphi Projects ::
Machine Flow is an Esoteric Programming Language which Wikipedia describes as a language which is a "test of the boundaries of computer programming language design, ... Read More
RemoveEmptyFolders Delphi Challenge Results
Monday June 1, 2009
in Delphi Challenges ::
The "trick" in this challenge was to create a recursive function which goes down to sub-folder level to see if a sub folder is empty to ... Read More

