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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 haven't
found a good example of writing a VCL component in C++ which defines its
own events (an event not overriding any ancestor class…
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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…
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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…
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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 form level?
Answer:
At form level, the tab key is generally handled by Windows. The
following example demonstrates…
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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…
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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…
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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 SendKeys
function?
Answer:
The following example demonstrates procedures that provide the
capibility of sending keystrokes to any window…
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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…
Save and load metafiles in a BLOB field without using DBImage
November 25, 1997
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FAQ878D.txt Save and load metafiles in a BLOB field without using DBImage
Category :VCL
Platform :All
Product :All 32 bit
Question:
How can I save and load metafiles in a BLOB field without using…
Displaying the selected row of a DBGrid in a different color
November 14, 1997
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FAQ711D.txt Displaying the selected row of a DBGrid in a different color
Category :Database/VCL
Platform :All
Product :Delphi 3.x
Question:
How can I show selected row in a dbgrid in a different color
without using dgRowSelect (because I need to edit the data)?
Answer:
If you want to color the selected row in a DBGrid but you…
