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You may want your program to check if Delphi is running. Well, if so try out this code. This is the method for programs:

function IsDelphiRunning: Boolean;
begin
  Result := (FindWindow('TAppBuilder', nil) > 0);
end;

If you want to check if Delphi is running and you are creating VCL components then you should check for the csDesigning flag.
Here’s the code:

  if csDesigning in ComponentState then
    { Delphi IDE is running }
  else
    { Well, Delphi IDE is not running... }

Starting with Delphi 4 certain shortcuts have changes and/or been added that make it hard to put certain letters into the Code Editor or Object Inspector. For example the Polish letter “ś” is entered by pressing Alt + S. Well, Delphi doesn’t make this possible because Alt + S is already assigned as an IDE shortcut. You can either:

1. Copy the letter in another application and then paste it in Delphi .
2. Use the Alt + character code method to create the letter.
3. Disable Alt shortcuts in Delphi. This is the preferred way by programmers who have to create non-English applications every day. To turn the shortcuts off launch the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and find the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Borland\Delphi\4.0 (or whatever version you are using)\Editor\Options. Now create a string value named “NoCtrlAltKeys” and set it’s value to “1″. If you have Delphi running remember to restart it.