About Delphi Programming Tips - 1999
Delphi tips from the free About Delphi Programming newsletter.
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Hide a Delphi Application Button from the TaskBar
The button on the Windows TaskBar, for a Delphi application, belongs to the Application window, the hidden window maintained by the Application object, not the main form window. To hide your Delphi application from the taskbar you need to change some specific attributes of the actual window. Here's how.
The button on the Windows TaskBar, for a Delphi application, belongs to the Application window, the hidden window maintained by the Application object, not the main form window. To hide your Delphi application from the taskbar you need to change some specific attributes of the actual window. Here's how.
Desktop Screen Shot using Delphi Code
Need to take a Windows desktop screen shoot from Delphi code? No problem ... here's how to capture the Windows desktop image into a TBitmap object - and display it inside a TImage control.
Need to take a Windows desktop screen shoot from Delphi code? No problem ... here's how to capture the Windows desktop image into a TBitmap object - and display it inside a TImage control.
December 1999
·ToolTip Font Hint Properties
·Date/Time and other International Settings
·Window Flashing
·Open & Close CD-drive
·ToolTip Font Hint Properties
·Date/Time and other International Settings
·Window Flashing
·Open & Close CD-drive
November 1999
·DelTree Function
·From/To the 8.3 Format To/From The Long Format
·Get Files "Last Modified" Attribute
·Reading a Directory's Content
·DelTree Function
·From/To the 8.3 Format To/From The Long Format
·Get Files "Last Modified" Attribute
·Reading a Directory's Content
October 1999
·Left, Mid, Right String
·Reverse a String
·Search And Replace
·Convert The First Letter In Any Word To A Capital
·Left, Mid, Right String
·Reverse a String
·Search And Replace
·Convert The First Letter In Any Word To A Capital
September 1999
·Rotating Fonts
·Checking If File Is In Use
·Capture Maximize/Minimize Buttons
·Enlarge a Form Over Screen Size
·Rotating Fonts
·Checking If File Is In Use
·Capture Maximize/Minimize Buttons
·Enlarge a Form Over Screen Size
August 1999
·Making a Form Non-Moveable
·Execute the Windows Explorer Find File Dialog Box
·Delete Files With the Ability to UNDO
·Add documents to the Windows Start-Documents Menu
·Making a Transparent Form
·Making a Form Non-Moveable
·Execute the Windows Explorer Find File Dialog Box
·Delete Files With the Ability to UNDO
·Add documents to the Windows Start-Documents Menu
·Making a Transparent Form
July 1999
·Convert the First Character in an Edit Box to
·Uppercase
·Using the RunOnce Registry Key
·Select a Block of Code by Column
·Convert the First Character in an Edit Box to
·Uppercase
·Using the RunOnce Registry Key
·Select a Block of Code by Column
June 1999
·Setting Paradox password automatically ·Enable/Disable the Windows "START" button ·Is IDE running ·Hint and Warning messages ·Show/Hide the TaskBar in Windows 95
·Setting Paradox password automatically ·Enable/Disable the Windows "START" button ·Is IDE running ·Hint and Warning messages ·Show/Hide the TaskBar in Windows 95
May 1999
·Conversion from ICO to BMP
·Prevent CTRL+DELETE in DBGrid
·Extract Icon and paint on Form
·Detecting Drive Types
·Conversion from ICO to BMP
·Prevent CTRL+DELETE in DBGrid
·Extract Icon and paint on Form
·Detecting Drive Types
April 1999
·Desktop to Bitmap
·Remove App from TaskBar
·Show window contents while dragging
·Life Cycle Of A Form
·Updating Cursor immediately
·Desktop to Bitmap
·Remove App from TaskBar
·Show window contents while dragging
·Life Cycle Of A Form
·Updating Cursor immediately