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		<title>How to Convert Delphi Forms to Text</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 1999 03:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You shouldn&#8217;t have too much problem opening a Delphi 4 form in Delphi 2 but you won&#8217;t have luck opening a 32 bit or C++ Builder form in Delphi 1. The only way is to save the file in text form. Delphi 5 can do this automatically but in all the previous versions you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Create a Gradient Form</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 1999 03:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In setup programs or sometimes in AboutBoxes you can find gradient forms. It sure looks as if it were a lot of work but it&#8217;s really very easy. All you have to do is add this code to your program. This example will create a gradient rectangle on the whole form Canvas. To change it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make the Whole Form Behave Like the Title Bar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 1999 03:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you want to create a fancy looking form from a bitmap, like WinAMP or K-J?fol. This part isn&#8217;t too hard. All you have to do is make a cool graphic, use the TImage component and set the form&#8217;s border style to bsNone. Well, all&#8217;s good until we want to move the form&#8230; Since there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Set / Remove the Form&#8217;s StayOnTop Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 1999 02:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To set or remove the form&#8217;s StayOnTop style you can just set the form&#8217;s FormStyle property. But this has side effects. For example: if you modify the form&#8217;s system menu using the Windows API. After the form&#8217;s style is changed the system menu will return to it&#8217;s normal state. You can get around this in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Remove the Form&#8217;s Caption</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 1999 02:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have wanted to create a form that doesn&#8217;t have a caption bar, just like the one&#8217;s you may see in setup programs. Delphi VCL doesn&#8217;t give you but you can also use the Windows API Just add this code to you form&#8217;s OnCreate method: SetWindowLong(Handle, GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLong(Handle, GWL_STYLE) and not WS_CAPTION); Height := [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Form and Component Editing Commands</title>
		<link>http://www.delphifaq.net/form-and-component-editing-commands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.delphifaq.net/form-and-component-editing-commands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 1999 21:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delphi and Kylix have a couple rather unknown form and component editing shortcuts. Here they are: To select the form when its surface is covered by components, simply Shift-Click the form. To fine move (by 1 pixel) a selected component just press Ctrl whilst pressing the cursor keys. To fine resize a component just press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Snap a Window to the Screen Edge</title>
		<link>http://www.delphifaq.net/how-to-snap-a-window-to-the-screen-edge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.delphifaq.net/how-to-snap-a-window-to-the-screen-edge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WinAMP has this very useful feature. If you drag it to the edge of the screen it will automatically position itself. Sometimes you want to make room on the screen but you don&#8217;t want to minimize your program and again you want to see it in full. The only way is the put it in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Focus the Next Edit Control With the Enter Key II</title>
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		<comments>http://www.delphifaq.net/how-to-focus-the-next-edit-control-with-the-enter-key-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When creating forms with a lot of data entry you may want to consider the option to let the user focus the next edit control by hitting the Enter key. The default key is Tab which can become annoying All we have to do is add the following code the each TEdit control on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delphi Component Messages</title>
		<link>http://www.delphifaq.net/delphi-component-messages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delphi sends messages for notification of events that are only applicable to Delphi components. They are like Windows messages in use. If you have a component that publishes the Font property the component probably needs to be repainted if any subproperties in the Font are changed. Changing the Font property does not necessarily generate a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Change the Date Format for Databases</title>
		<link>http://www.delphifaq.net/how-to-change-the-date-format-for-databases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.delphifaq.net/how-to-change-the-date-format-for-databases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To change the date format you have to launch the BDE Administrator and set the data separator and the preferred date format. This is set in a different way the standard Windows regional settings so you may want to look up the BDE help. Then use the following code in your project source file: ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Create Non-hinding Hints</title>
		<link>http://www.delphifaq.net/how-to-create-non-hinding-hints/</link>
		<comments>http://www.delphifaq.net/how-to-create-non-hinding-hints/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m3Rlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is really no way to set the standard hint window to be always visible. The trick is to set the HintHidePause to a large value. 10 minutes should almost always be enough. The hint window is shown only when the user moves the mouse over a component and the keyboard is inactive. Not many [...]]]></description>
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