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Signing Off. So Long, and Thanks for All The Good Times! 3 Jan 2013 | 10:03 am
Dear delphi.about.com web site visitors, readers and friends who followed my work as the Delphi Programming Guide for the About.com network, the time has come for me to move on ... Read Full Post
Delphi Programming Almanacs: 1998. - 2012. Something for Every Delphi Developer: Beginner or a Guru! 27 Dec 2012 | 07:00 am
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 Pro...
Reverse Engineering (Decompiling) Delphi Applications 24 Dec 2012 | 07:00 am
in Advanced Delphi :: Simply speaking, decompilation is the inverse of compilation: translating an executable file into a higher level language. Suppose you lose your Delphi project's source and ... ...
Speed and Size: Top 10 Delphi Programming Tricks 21 Dec 2012 | 08:00 am
LANGUAGE TIPS :: In many case the Delphi compiler will take care of the optimization. But that's just limited to aligning the code for pipelines, and some other small tweaks ... Read Full Post
Listening to the Clipboard: Delphi Clipboard Spy with Custom Clipboard Formats 17 Dec 2012 | 08:00 am
in Advanced Delphi :: Clipboard stores information in multiple formats so we can transfer data between applications that use different formats. When reading information from the clipboard with Delphi'...
Custom Drawing a TComboBox: Color Pick List, Font Pick List 13 Dec 2012 | 08:00 am
in using VCL :: As with menus (menu items), an application can create an owner-drawn combo box to take responsibility for painting list items. An owner-drawn combo box can list/show ... Read Full Po...
Have a Delphi Function Return Multiple Results / Values 11 Dec 2012 | 03:37 pm
in For Beginners :: A return value from a function is defined by the return type. I guess that in most cases you would write a function to return a ... Read Full Post
Intercepting Keyboard Input with Delphi - Implementing a Keyboard Hook 10 Dec 2012 | 08:00 am
in Advanced Delphi :: Consider for a moment creation of some fast arcade game. All the graphics is displayed, let's say, in a TPainBox. TPaintBox is unable to receive the ... Read Full Post
Understanding Owner Drawing in Delphi 7 Dec 2012 | 08:00 am
in Advanced Delphi :: I guess we all like the idea of graphics displayed in the "Start" menu of Windows XX. Have you ever wondered is it possible to ... Read Full Post
Understanding and Processing Keyboard events in Delphi 4 Dec 2012 | 08:00 am
in Delphi Language :: Get familiar with the OnKeyDown, OnKeyUp, and onKeyPress Delphi event procedures to respond to various key actions or handle and process ASCII characters along with other ... Re...
