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Home - Welcome to the Delphi Knowledge Base
Background:
Many companies in today's world are moving their applications to new technologies such as .NET. With such a huge variety of online support and resources this is a wise decision. However, what about the smaller companies who have built their business around now legacy applications written in languages such as Delphi?
Well you'll be pleased to know we hear this kind of scenario all the time. For smaller companies it is hard to move to newer technologies due to the lack of a business case to support the investment required. You need not worry as our articles are designed to help you shift your legacy Delphi applications towards today's high standards whilst keeping the same language or platform.
Our articles cover our preferred components and how you can use them to update the look and feel of your applications. Increase the speed and robustness of your data management. Being from a broadcasting background we will also concentrate on media playback, advanced time and date conversion routines, as well as scheduling best practices.
There will be articles detailing Developer Express components, the TMS Pack, registry walkthrough and best practices, time and date advanced conversion routines and many more.
1. Registry walk through & best practice
How to use the Windows registry in Delphi. Reading and writing Key values, and best practice for creating a Delphi registry interface
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2. Using the Microsoft Word COM interface
How to use Word in your Delphi application. Article covers basics such as opening a file, writing text, formatting and creating tables
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3. Using the Microsoft Excel COM interface
How to use Excel in your Delphi application. Article covers common tasks such as opening a file, writing values, formatting and saving
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4. Creating & Using Lookup Forms in Delphi
How to create and use Lookup forms in your Delphi applications. Article covers designing and controlling Lookup forms, returning values and best practices for Lookups
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5. Using encryption in your applications
How to add secure encryption methods to your Delphi applications. Encrypting strings and files using ciphers and hashes
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6. Creating and using splash screens in Delphi
How to create and display a splash screen in a Delphi application. Including splash screen advantages, firing events and disposing objects
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7. Using Dev Express to mimic .NET & XP Styles
Style tips for Developer Express components. Article covers dxDBGrid, dxTreeView - tailoring UI properties, custom images and stylizing for an XP look and feel.
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8. Using the Microsoft Outlook COM interface
Using Microsoft Outlook in your Delphi applications. Article covers creating a COM link, creating a Mail item, MailItem properties & methods, adding message details, adding an attachment and sending mail
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Delphi Knowledge Base. Best practices, walkthroughs, tutorials, component advice and more. Solutions and professional designs for Delphi 4, Delphi 5, Delphi 6 and Delphi, 7. Word COM, Excel COM, Outlook COM including code examples for Word OLE, Excel OLE and Outlook OLE. Automating Outlook to create MailItem and send attachments in Delphi. ActiveX, Com. ADO Data Architecture, TMS component pack walk through and code examples. Using Developer Express and example walkthroughs. Date & time conversion routines, video playback and frame manipulation. COM articles, papers, tips, techniques and hints. How to create Word reports and excel spreadsheets using Delphi code and OLE automation. Understanding Delphi encryption and using ciphers, with source code examples of Blowfish, Twofish, and Rijndael. Securing application data and confidential information using open source encryption components. Free encryption dll component. Accessing and managing MS Excel sheets with Delphi. How to retrieve, display and edit Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with Delphi automation. Accessing and managing MS Word documents with Delphi. How to retrieve, display and edit Microsoft Word documents using Delphi automation. Read and write Excel spreadsheets using Delphi code. How to read and write registry entries using Delphi code. Source code examples using Delphi 5, Delphi 6 and Delphi 7. Working with VCL Developer Express components. How to apply grid styles and themes to Delphi applications. Using image columns and shading to improve the grid and treeview appearances. Including examples from ExpressQuantumPack, for Delphi, ExpressPack for Delphi. Developer guides for Developer Express components. All our articles are written by our senior Delphi professionals to help you get the best from your legacy Delphi applications |
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