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Delphi Programming Tips 'n' Tricks
12/26/2000 - Intro to the Delphi Programming Glossary
An introduction to the Delphi Programming Glossary, a cross-referenced collection of Object Pascal Programming definitions.
12/19/2000 - Searching for Delphi
Where and how to search for Delphi and Object Pascal programming related materials on the Net.
12/12/2000 - Decompiling Delphi
Whispering about reverse engineering Delphi applications: 'I have a Delphi program's .exe, can I decompile it and get the source?'
12/05/2000 - Holiday Gift Ideas for Delphi Coders
Everything you need to know about what every Delphi programmer desires, needs, wants ...
11/28/2000 - Your first MP3 Delphi player
See how to build a full-blown mp3 player with Delphi in just a few seconds. Even more: get the ID3 tag information from a mp3 file and change it!
11/21/2000 - Mysterious Delphi
Uncovering hidden Delphi features. See how to set up some secret registry settings that change the standard behavior of the Delphi IDE.
11/14/2000 - Size and Speed: Top Tricks
Useful tips to make your Delphi programs run faster.
11/07/2000 - Listening to the Clipboard
Extending the clipboard's flexibility and functionality from Delphi. Taking control over the Clipboard with custom formats. Coding Delphi to receive clipboard change notifications.
10/31/2000 - My IP with Delphi
How to obtain a computer's IP address by using the Socket API and Delphi's Pascal.
10/24/2000 - Coding for the World
Have you considered writing Delphi applications for the whole World? The Integrated Translation Environment is what you need to quickly internationalize or localize your applications for new languages and cultures.
10/17/2000 - Graphical Combos
Creating owner drawn Combo Boxes in Delphi. See how to code a graphical drop-down list - a combo box of colors; and a true true-type font picker.
10/10/2000 - Touch Me - I'm Untouchable
Intercepting keyboard input for controls that cannot receive the input focus. Working with keyboard hooks from Delphi.
10/03/2000 - Get Crazy - Draw Yourself
Owner Drawing - an excellent way to improve the look and feel of your Delphi application by changing the control's standard appearance. Creating a graphical (popup) menu.
09/27/2000 - Picture Motion - Double Buffering
Delphi Programming concepts of Double Buffering, technique that is used to prevent flicker when drawing onto the screen.
09/19/2000 - RTL Unleashed
Help yourself, increase your productivity and simplify coding using functions and procedures built into Delphi.
09/12/2000 - Books to Learn From
What should we look for when picking a Delphi book to learn from - recommended selection of the top books on Delphi Programming.
09/05/2000 - Keyboard Symphony
Delphi For Beginners: Get familiar with the OnKeyDown, OnKeyUp, and onKeyPress event procedures to respond to various key actions or handle and process ASCII characters along with other special purpose keys.
08/29/2000 - Hey Windows, Call me!
Let Windows work for you: implementing function callbacks with Delphi.
08/22/2000 - Who Wants to be a Delphi Guru - The trivia game.
Ever wonder what 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' might look like if there were only Delphi programming questions? Take my quiz and find out how you would do...
08/15/2000 - Learn to Earn
Skills pay. If you have the right ones, you will get the career you want - superior job, more money, and mastery of what you do. See how to become a certified Delphi developer.
08/08/2000 - Files With NO Structure
Using Delphi's Pascal to manage operations on untyped files - direct access to disk files regardless of type and structuring.
08/01/2000 - My Own Database
Working with binary files from Delphi. Use Object Pascal to manage writing, reading and updating your own types of files.
07/25/2000 - About XML and Delphi
Everything you need to know about Delphi and the Extensible Markup Language. Find out about creating and parsing XML documents, look for parser components and more.
07/18/2000 - String Types in Delphi
Delphi For Beginners: Understanding and managing string data types in Delphi's Object Pascal. Learn about differences between Short, Long, Wide and null-terminated strings.
07/11/2000 - Traveling Label
Spice up your user interface with a marquee style text. Use marquee style text to display scrolling text that you want to catch your Delphi program users' attention.
07/04/2000 - Browse for Computers, Folders, Files and Printers
Use Delphi (and API) to display the directory structure of a computer and allow a user to select a folder without using the Common Dialog control. Plus: select a printer or network computer.
06/27/2000 - Records in Delphi - Part 1
Delphi For Beginners: Learn about records, Delphi's data structure that can mix any of Delphi's built in types including any types you have created.
06/20/2000 - Are you Cool?
Make your application user interface cool with Delphi's TCoolBar component. It's like a toolbar, except that you can place *anything* you want on it.
06/13/2000 - Another Way to Drag a Window
No title bar! How can we drag such a window? It's easy and fun: let's make a Delphi form move by clicking (and dragging) in it's client area.
06/06/2000 - Birth, Life and Death of a Form
Delphi For Beginners: Examining the life cycle of a Form - the central element of development in Delphi. See what's happening behind events OnCreate, OnActivate, OnShow, OnClose...
05/30/2000 - The Time has Come: Members Area
Finally, Delphi Programming site gives You the chance to show the World what you have made with Delphi.
05/23/2000 - TFindFile - Delphi Component
Tired of using FindFirst, Next and Close? Come see how to encapsulate all those functions in a single "find-files-recursively" component. It's easy to use, free and with code.
05/16/2000 - Searching for Files
Stop. This is the one and only solution to file searching. Use Delphi to find any file in any directory and/or subdirectory that match a certain mask. Start searching.
05/09/2000 - Routines in Delphi: Beyond the Basics
Delphi For Beginners: Extending Object Pascal's functions and procedures with default (optional) parameters and method overloading.
05/02/2000 - MDI Development in Delphi. Part II.
Creating a multiple document interface graphic file viewer.
04/25/2000 - MDI Development in Delphi. Part I.
Constructing "multiple document interface" application with Delphi. Examining MDI parent/child relationship, menus and some most important MDI parent form properties.
04/18/2000 - Arrays in Object Pascal
Delphi For Beginners: Understanding and using array data types in Delphi.
04/11/2000 - Dynamic Link Libraries and Delphi
Everything you ever wanted to know about DLLs and Delphi but didn't know where to look for answers (or were to afraid to ask).
04/04/2000 - Exploring Directories and Files
Delphi For Beginners: Creating custom file-selection and directory-navigation forms (dialogs) with file system components.
03/28/2000 - Filename Extensions in Delphi
List of the file extensions created (and used) by Delphi and what they all mean.
03/21/2000 - Projects
Delphi For Beginners: Understanding and managing the Project file (dpr).
03/14/2000 - Kylix := Delphi in [Linux]
Step forward in the application development software for the Linux platform.
03/07/2000 - Resize me Gently
What to keep in mind when scaling Delphi applications (forms) on different screen resolutions.
02/29/2000 - TPictureClip
Use TPictureClip custom component to extract portions of a matrix of pictures and assign the "cell picture" to another picture control.
02/22/2000 - "Real" Delphi
Using Real Audio files (and more) in a Delphi application.
02/15/2000 - Let's talk about the Sender
Delphi For Beginners: So, what is that Sender, Delphianers are talking about, anyway?
02/08/2000 - Message in the Bottle
Handling Windows Messages the Delphi way!
02/01/2000 - Auto completing Dates
Date manipulation: improve your code, let them type faster.
01/25/2000 - Ordinal and Enumerated Data Types
Delphi For Beginners: Extend Delphi's built-in types by constructing your own types.
01/18/2000 - System Menu Handling
Add, delete and change system menu items from Delphi.
01/11/2000 - Get and Set Display Device Modes
Changing the display mode settings (resolution and color depth) from Delphi code.
01/04/2000 - Web Resources for Developers
Cool, sexy...useful sites to make your programming easier, better, faster, happier.
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Various Delphi Programming tutorials, articles and technical papers sorted by date: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998
Delphi Programming Tips 'n' Tricks
