in MDI Development :: A user ("Commodianus") of the About Delphi Programming Forum posted a question Count MDI Children of Class: I have two types of MDI Child forms in my application. How might I go about counting each one? One is TFrmStatus the Other is FrmChannel. How do I know how many TFrmStatus children are alive?

Read the full article to learn how to Get the MDI Child Count By Child Class Name

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in Delphi TIPS ::

In Delphi 2006 (both Win32 and .Net) you can apply a special {$REGION 'Region Name'} directive to mark a "named" collapsible regions in the code editor.

To mark code as a region, surround it with the REGION and ENDREGION directives. You may include a caption that will be displayed when the code is folded and hidden.

Read the full tip to learn how to Create Collapsible Code Blocks in Delphi Code Editor using the {$REGION} directive.

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in VCL to the Max ::
To have a more eye-caching user friendly interface you might want to decide to add graphics, change the color and the font style of a StatusBar Panel. Delphi's owner drawing technique let's you do that. Learn how...

Read the full article the learn about Drawing on a TStatusBar's Panel Delphi control: Styling a Panel with Background Color, Font Color, Graphics.

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in Delphi Challenges :: The "UnCamelCase" challenge was a simple one, therefore I'm giving 5 points of fame and glory to all who participated :))

Some entries are faster some are slower, some use chars, some strings, some even use ASM...

Read the full article to learn who (you?) submitted accepted entries: Challenge Results: UnCamelCaseThisString Delphi Algoritm

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