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FAQ3749B.txt Unknown Internal Operating System Error
Category :BDE
Platform :Win95/NT
Product : BC++5.x C++Builder1.0 C++Builder3.x Delphi2.x Delphi3.x Delphi4.x
Question:
Why am I getting an Unknown Internal Operating
System Error when opening a Paradox or dBASE Table?
Answer:
This error can occur when attempting to open a…
Author: Embarcadero USA
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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…
Author: Embarcadero USA
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FAQ2369C.txt Writing a VCL component in C++ which defines its own events
Category :VCL
Platform :All
Product :C++Builder 3.x
Question:
I have scoured the Borland BCB docs and the net and I really…
Author: Embarcadero USA
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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 color doesn't show?
Answer:
Use the TImageList.AddMasked(Bitmap: TBitmap; MaskColor: TColor)
method. You can either pass the…
Author: Embarcadero USA
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FAQ2293C.txt How to put a progress bar on a Status Bar ...
Category :VCL
Platform :All
Product :C++Builder 3.x
Question:
How Do I put a Proress bar on a status bar.
Answer:
Here is an example:
This is the…
Author: Embarcadero USA
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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
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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…
Author: Embarcadero USA
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FAQ1525D.txt Using WM_COPYDATA.
Category :Windows API
Platform :All
Product :All 32 bit
Question:
How can I use the WM_COPYDATA message to pass information between
16-bit and 32-bit…
Author: Embarcadero USA
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FAQ1500D.txt Does Delphi have an equivalent to the Visual Basic SendKeys function?
Category :VCL
Platform :All
Product :All 32 bit
Question:
Does Delphi have an equivalent to the Visual Basic…
Author: Embarcadero USA
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FAQ1355D.txt Preventing multiple application instances
Category :Windows API
Platform :All
Product :All 32 bit
Question:
How can I guarantee that only one instance of my program
executes? Is it possible to restore the previous instance
and shut down if I start more than one instance?
Answer:
Under Win16, you can check the value…
