Delphi Workshop Roundup

Over the last year we've included a vast amount of tutorials in our Hands On section. But despite our marketing people's most fervent wishes, not everyone buys every single issue. If you've just installed Delphi 3 and need to know more about Delphi programming, you're in luck: here's every Hands On tutorial since November 1998. They include the feature from the magazine, the related files needed to follow each tutorial, and any extra text, or images which appeared on the SuperCD.

Note that some of the features were written for earlier versions of Delphi. While some of the options described may have moved to different menus, you shouldn't have much trouble using them. But do check the feature and/or any text files on the disc for more information where relevant.

Contents

November 1998 -  Beyond the basics of drag-and- drop.
December 1998 -  Build a drag-and-drop program launcher.
January 1999 -  Transform application launcher into a genuinely useful utility.
February 1999 -  Add multimedia capabilities.
March 1999 -  Unravel Delphi's strings.
April 1999 -  How to move controls in a running application.
May 1999 -  Save and load form layouts in a running application.
June 1999 -  Add a file manager.
July 1999 -  More file management capabilities.
August 1999 -  The secrets of keycodes, characters and keyboard events.
September 1999 -  Throw objects into streams.
October 1999 -  Save lists of objects.
November 1999 -  Big hints.
December 1999 -  Programmers Editor
January 2000 -  Programmers Editor
February 2000 -  Colour Coding

The features are all in Adobe Acrobat 4 format - if you don't have Acrobat 4 installed, you can get it from Disc A's library.

 

How to use the extras features within Acrobat pages

As well as the text and pictures, we have included buttons to help you move around, and access the extra material. While the pages are viewable with Acrobat 3, the buttons require Acrobat 4 to work - get it here

Button

Function

Click the Back button to go to the same feature in the previous issue, or to return to the previous feature.

Click the Forward button to move to the same feature in the next issue.

Click the Install button to copy the related files from the disc to your hard disk. YouÆll be able to choose the location for these files before you install.

Click the Extra button to read extra material related to this feature, which originally appeared on the SuperCD. This will usually expand on the main feature, with extra or more advanced techniques.

 

Click the Run button to run a program or other file directly from the disc. Java Workshop programs require a Java-enabled browser.