Author: Craig Stuntz
The procedure for installing ActiveX controls on the Delphi/RAD Studio 2007 component palette is apparently confusing to some users of older versions of Delphi. So here’s a simple example. In this example, I’m installing the type libraries needed to use the Crystal Reports 9 ActiveX viewer, and the associated runtime type library. First I create a package…
Author: Germán Estévez
Why do we write applications? One answer could be “for fun”, but not always we are in such a comfortable situation of doing something without a real (business) reason. This is where “Creating Value from Programming” comes…
Author: Embarcadero USA
Delphi supports this type of forms by providing the FormStyle property for the TForm class. All you have to
do is to set this property to fsStayOnTop. So why did I write this article? Well, there are a few
things to consider:
Using fsStayOnTop…
Author: Embarcadero USA
DirectX Overview
Conducting a survey about what game programming
API used by most of game softwares running on PC, I am sure that, DirectX will be on
top list. Nowdays, DirectX had become a mature API for game programming
on Windows platform. It makes game developer’s life easier. In old days of game
programming history, game…
Error 'Could Not Load SSL Library' when using Indy SSL components
October 30, 2003
Author: Embarcadero USA
Problem:
When using the Indy SSL components, an error ‘Could Not Load SSL Library’ is raised.
Answer:
This error is raised because you must have OpenSSL installed on your machine in order to use the IndySSL components. At runtime…
Author: Embarcadero USA
Technical Information Database
TI4523D.txt - Working with cookies
Category :Internet/WEB
Platform :All-32Bit
Product :All32Bit,
Description:
The purpose of this document is not to explain what a cookie is or what it is used for. Instead…
Author: Embarcadero USA
Question and Answer Database
FAQ2434D.txt Custom InPlace Editor in StringGrid
Category :VCL
Platform :All
Product :Delphi 3.x
Question:
How can I popup my own inplace editor (such as a combobox)
in a string grid cell?
Answer:
The following example demonstrates popping up a Combobox
as an inplace editor to a Stringrid component.
Example:
procedure…
Author: Embarcadero USA
Question and Answer Database
FAQ2346D.txt Setting a transaprent background color for TImageList
Category :Miscellaneous
Platform :All
Product :Delphi 3.x
Question:
How do I set the transparent color in an TImageList so the
background…
Author: Embarcadero USA
Question and Answer Database
FAQ2060D.txt Detecting tab key press
Category :VCL
Platform :All
Product :All 32 bit
Question:
Since the KeyPress and the KeyDown events do not get called
for the tab key, how do I trap the tab key at the…
Author: Embarcadero USA
Question and Answer Database
FAQ1778D.txt Extracting Icons
Category :Windows API
Platform :All
Product :All 32 bit
Question:
How can I use the undocumented ShellAPI function ExtractIconEx()
to extract the small and large icons from a given file?
Answer:
You can use the undocumented ShellAPI function ExtractIconEx() to
extract both large and small icons…
