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- Dodge Game - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #36Updated: Tue Jul 1 07:45:46 2008
Here's another simple yet addictive game written in Delphi. Dodge game has a simple rule: collect the blue squares, avoid the red dots. A great way to learn controlling the mouse :) Dodge game… - Hide a Delphi 2007 Application Button from the TaskBar (with MainFor…Updated: Mon Jun 30 14:34:55 2008
With Delphi 2007, a new property of the Application object, the MainFormOnTaskbar property controls how Windows taskbar buttons are handled by VCL. The code using SetWindowLong to change the applic… - Calculating the Zodiac Sign from the Birth Date using DelphiUpdated: Mon Jun 30 08:00:13 2008
The ZodiacSign, custom Delphi function, will return the name of the zodiac sign for a given date value… - Hide a Delphi Application Button from the TaskBarUpdated: Mon Jun 30 07:58:58 2008
The button on the Windows TaskBar, for a Delphi application, belongs to the Application window, the hidden window maintained by the Application object, not the main form window. To hide your Delphi… - Pong Game - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #35Updated: Mon Jun 23 10:25:12 2008
Pong game is based on the sport of table tennis (or "ping pong"), and named after the sound generated by the circuitry when the ball is hit. Want to play one built with Delphi - full … - TSpeedButton Left Align Caption - Left Justify Delphi's TSpeedButto…Updated: Sun Jun 22 20:25:17 2008
When you have a group of Delphi's speed buttons one after another in vertical "line", with Layout set to blGlyphLeft the buttons do not look so nice. What you might start looking for is t… - 7. Resource related tips and tricksUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:03:05 2008
- 6. Resource ManagersUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:03:04 2008
- 5. Localizing applications using string tablesUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:03:00 2008
- 3. Web Site inside a Delphi EXEUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:59 2008
- 4. Creating and using a resource only DLLUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:59 2008
- Email Course: Resources in Delphi applicationsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:58 2008
Resources are those elements of a program that support the program but are not executable code. Learn how to store icons, images and even web sites into an .exe file of a Delphi developed applicat… - 1. Resource Files Made EasyUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:58 2008
- 2. Inside the EXEUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:58 2008
- 14. Shell TIPS. Part 3.Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:52 2008
- 13. Shell TIPS. Part 2.Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:51 2008
- 12. Shell TIPS. Part 1.Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:50 2008
- 11. Registering DLL and ActiveX controls from codeUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:45 2008
- 7. Shell Controls: Delphi's Hidden GemsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:40 2008
- 10. Computer restrictions with Delphi and RegistryUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:36 2008
- 2. Start From DelphiUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:34 2008
- 6. Going undercover!Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:31 2008
- 8. Monitoring System Shell ChangesUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:31 2008
- 9. Monitoring Registry ChangesUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:31 2008
- 3. ShortcutsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:27 2008
- 4. System Tray Delphi ApplicationUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:27 2008
- 5. Windows Shell ExtensionsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:27 2008
- 1. Browse for Computers, Folders, Files, PrintersUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:24 2008
- (Last) Lesson 6Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:20 2008
- Email Course: Shell Programming with DelphiUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:20 2008
Windows Shell exposed by Delphi: running external applicatiions, tray icons, shortcuts, shell extensions, system dialogs and other secrets of the Windows Shell. 14-week class… - Lesson 5Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:18 2008
- Lesson 4Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:16 2008
- Lesson 3Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:08 2008
- Lesson 2Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:06 2008
- Fourth lesson - DBLookupCombo inside a GridUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:05 2008
- Email Course: Intro to COM programming with DelphiUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:05 2008
COM stands for Component Object Model. It allows you to create COM objects that are not specific to any language, and in some cases, even platforms. Learn Delphi COM programming in 6 weeks… - Lesson 1Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:05 2008
- Last (5th) lesson - DateTimePicker inside a DBGridUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:01 2008
- Third lesson - DropDown pick list inside a DBGridUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:01 2008
- Second lesson - CheckBox inside a DBGridUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:02:00 2008
- First lesson - TheoryUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:58 2008
- Quiz: Delphi ADO ProgrammingUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:58 2008
- Email Course: Adding Components to a TDBGridUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:58 2008
How to place just about any Delphi control (visual component) into a cell of a DGBrid. Find out how to put a CheckBox, a ComboBox (drop down list box), a DateTimePicker (calendar) and even an Image… - TOP ADO programming TIPSUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:55 2008
- Delphi ADO/DB: Real Problems - Real SolutionsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:54 2008
- Deploying Delphi ADO database applicationsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:53 2008
- Transactions in Delphi ADO database developmentUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:53 2008
- Using ADO in Delphi 3 and 4 (before AdoExpress)Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:52 2008
- From ADO Query to HTMLUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:51 2008
- Handling database errorsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:49 2008
- Data ModulesUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:46 2008
- Database reports with Delphi and ADOUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:44 2008
- Compacting an Access database with ADO and DelphiUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:42 2008
- Charting with DatabasesUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:41 2008
- Lookup!Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:41 2008
- New ... MS Access Database from DelphiUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:35 2008
- From Paradox to Access with ADOUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:31 2008
- Master-detail relationships ADO and DelphiUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:31 2008
- ADO CursorsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:30 2008
- Searching for dataUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:26 2008
- Data filteringUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:23 2008
- Queries with ADOUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:17 2008
- Behind data in datasetsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:16 2008
- Data modificationsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:16 2008
- Pictures inside a databaseUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:15 2008
- Data browsing and navigationUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:15 2008
- Connecting to a database. BDE? ADO?Updated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:14 2008
- Fundamentals of Database DevelopmentUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:12 2008
- Email Course: Delphi Database ProgrammingUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:01:08 2008
Free database programming course for beginner Delphi developers. 26-day class… - Delphi Contest: Create Fancy Delphi Applications for Fame and GloryUpdated: Mon Jun 16 07:22:56 2008
If you are like me, you like experimenting - creating pieces of Delphi code just to learn something new and create something interesting. If nothing else, to amaze your coworkers / family / yoursel… - Take-A-Break Installer - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #34Updated: Sun Jun 15 19:03:34 2008
Working hard? Need a break? Why not run a fake installer and "wait" until it gets finished! Or even better, create your own bogus install routine that looks like a real one - and have you… - Windows Title Bar Changer - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #…Updated: Sun Jun 15 18:29:41 2008
Noticed how every application in Windows has a main window (form) and how forms have title bars where you see the name of the window? Wouldn't it be fun the be able to change those captions whe… - Protect your Delphi SoftwareUpdated: Thu Jun 12 09:38:14 2008
This article is intended for those Delphi developers who want to know more about issues on protection from any unauthorized usage. … - Win Mend / Patch - Fancy Delphi Application Contest Entry #32Updated: Tue Jun 10 15:05:49 2008
A Win Mend/Patch is a window that attaches itself over another window to create a soft hook - it can overlap any window's part, hiding undesired info - like a, hm, patch. Full Delphi source code, i…