PC Plus SuperCD (UK) 1997 May/PC Plus Super CD Issue 127 (May 1997).iso/delphi2/delphite.exe/data.z/DELPHI.CNT

Microsoft Windows Help File Content | 1996-08-12 | 16.1 KB | 375 lines

:Base delphi.HLP>main
:Title Delphi Help
:Index Component Writer's Guide =cwg.hlp
:Index Delphi Library Reference =vcl.hlp
:Index Object Pascal Reference =obpascal.hlp
:Link obpascal.hlp
1 Using Delphi
2 What's new in Delphi?
3 Compiler and RTL changes
4 New data types
5 Character types=newCharacterTypes
5 String types=newStringTypes
5 Variant type=newVariantType
5 Currency type=newCurrencyType
4 Compiler changes
5 New compiler directives=newCompilerDirectives
5 Compiler optimizations=newCompilerOptimizations
5 Calling conventions=newCallingConventions
5 Unit finalization section=newUnitFinalizationSection
3 VCL changes
4 New components=newComponents
4 OLE controls=newOCXControls
4 OLE automation=newOLEAutomation
4 Changes to TDBGrid=newChangesToTDBGrid
3 Database Changes
4 Local filtering on tables=newLocalFiltering
4 TField support for lookup fields=newLookupFieldSupport
4 Menu changes=newMenuChanges
4 SQL Monitor=SQLMonitor
3 Development environment features
4 Visual form inheritance=newVisualFormInheritance
4 Visual form linking=newVisualFormLinking
4 New compiler messages=NewCompilerMessages
4 Database Explorer=DatabaseExplorer
4 Fields editor drag-and-drop=newFieldsEditorDragAndDrop
4 Moving from Delphi 1.0 to Delphi 2.0=newMovingFromDelphi1.0ToDelphi32
3 Object Repository
4 About the Object Repository=AboutTheObjectRepository
4 Using the Object Repository=UsingTheObjectRepository
4 Object Repository usage options=ObjectRepositoryUsageOptions
4 Using project templates=UsingProjectTemplates
4 Customizing the Object Repository=CustomizingTheObjectRepository
4 Changing defaults for new projects=ChangingDefaultsForNewProjects
3 InterBase Server running on Windows NT
4 How to install=nt_overview_inst_ib_nt
2 Basic Skills
3 Project Management
4 Working with projects=BProject
4 About application projects=OverviewofProjects
4 Basic project tasks=BasicProjectTasks
4 About the Project Manager=BProjectManager
4 Managing Projects
5 About the Project Manager=BProjectManager
5 Specifying the project Help and icon files=SpecifyingTheProjectHelpAndIconFiles
5 Specifying the main form for the project=SpecifyingTheMainFormForTheProject
5 Using project templates=UsingAppTemplates
3 Compiling, building, and running projects
4 Checking source code syntax=SyntaxCheckingProject
4 Compiling a project=CompileProjects
4 Building a project=BuildingProjects
4 Running a project=RunningProjects
4 Setting project options=SettingProjectOptions
4 Version control=PVCS
3 Working with components
4 About the Component palette=BComponentPalette
4 Adding components to the form=PlacingComponents
4 Selecting components=SelectingComponents
4 Resizing, moving, and deleting components=ResizeMoveDelete
4 Cutting, copying, and pasting components=CutCopyPasteComponents
4 Aligning components=AlignMultiple
4 Grouping components=GroupComponents
3 Writing code
4 Working with code=CodeBasics
3 Working with event handlers
4 Handling events=HandlingEvents
4 Generating a new event handler=GeneratingANewEventHandler
4 Generating a handler for the default event=GeneratingTheDefaultEventHandler
4 Reusing event handlers=CodingExistingEventHandlers
4 Displaying and coding shared component events=DisplayingSharedEvents
4 Locating existing event handlers=LocatingExistingEventHandlers
4 Modifying a shared event handler=ModifyingSharedEventHandler
4 Deleting event handlers=DeletingEventHandlers
4 Using the Code Editor=UseCodeWindow
3 Working with properties
4 Setting properties
5 About setting properties=PropertyBasics
5 Setting properties at design time
6 To set a property at design time=SettingDesignTimeProperties
6 How the Object Inspector displays properties=SetDefault
6 Viewing nested properties=ViewNestedProperties
6 Setting shared properties=SetMultipleProperties
5 Setting properties at run time
6 Run time properties=SettingRunTimeProperties
4 Working with property editors
5 About property editors=About_property_editors
5 Simple editor=Simple_editor
5 Drop Down List editor=Drop_Down_List_editor
5 Object List editor=Object_List_editor
5 Dialog box editor=Dialog_box_editor
5 Nested Properties editor=Nested_Properties_editor
5 Color Property editor=Color_Property_editor
5 Font Property editor=Font_Property_editor
2 Creating applications with Delphi
3 Choosing an application type
4 Creating DDE client applications=odDDEClientApps
4 Creating DDE server applications=odDDEServerApps
3 Multiple Document Interface
4 About Multiple Document Interface (MDI) applications=MDIApps
4 Creating an MDI frame form=CreatingMDIFrame
4 Creating an MDI child form=CreatingMDIChild
4 Merging menus=MergingMenus
4 Arranging and accessing open child windows=WorkingWithOpenChildWindows
3 OLE containers
4 Using OLE=odUsingOLE
5 Linking versus embedding=odLinkingAndEmbedding
5 OLE 1.0 versus OLE 2.0=odOLE1AndOLE2
5 OLE data in files=odOLEData
5 OLE classes, documents and items=OLECLassesDocumentsAndItems
3 Building Applications
4 Working with forms
5 About forms=WorkingWithForms
5 Creating a new form=CreatingANewForm
5 Viewing forms and units=ViewingFormsAndUnits
5 Calling forms from forms=CallingFormsfromForms
5 MDI and SDI forms=MDISDI
5 Sharing forms with other projects=SharingForms
5 Saving forms as ASCII=SavingFormsasASCII
5 Working with templates
6 About templates=WorkingWithPredesignedForms
6 Displaying a message box=DisplayingAMessageBox
6 Using simple input forms=UsingSimpleInputForms
6 Adding form templates to your project=AddingFormTemplates
6 Creating a Form Using the Database Form Expert=CreatingaFormUsingtheDatabaseFormExpert
4 Designing a user interface
5 About Delphi user interface components=DesignUI
5 Adding a picture=LoadingAnImage
5 Adding scroll bars=ScrollBarTasks
5 Adding a status line=cwgAddingAStatusLine
5 Adding a toolbar=cwgAddingAToolBarToAForm
5 Providing Help Hints for your application components=ProvidingHelpHints
5 Creating dialog boxes=BuildDialogBoxes
5 Attaching tabs to a Notebook component=AttachingTabsToANotebook
5 About the Shape component=ShapeTasks
5 Providing an area for text manipulation=ProvidingAnAreaforTextManipulation
4 Designing menus
5 Opening the Menu Designer=[e-mail]
5 Adding menu items=[e-mail]
5 Inserting a menu item=[e-mail]
5 Deleting a menu item=[e-mail]
5 Specifying accelerator keys=[e-mail]
5 Creating nested menus=[e-mail]
5 Moving menu items=[e-mail]
5 Associating menu events with code=[e-mail]
5 Adding menu items dynamically=[e-mail]
5 Merging menus=[e-mail]
5 Disabling (dimming) menu items=[e-mail]
4 Responding to User Events
5 About user events=RespondingToEvents
5 Button Click Events
6 Responding to a button click=grRespondingToAClickEvent
5 Keyboard Events
6 Responding to keyboard events=RespondingtoKeyboardEvents
6 Keyboard event processing order=OrderOfKeyboardEvents
6 Processing keystrokes=HowKeystrokesAreProcessed
6 Redirecting keyboard events to the form=FormKeyboardEvents
5 Mouse Events
6 Responding to the mouse=grRespondingToMouseEvents
6 Dragging and dropping=fmDraggingAndDropping
3 Creating database applications
4 Database tools and features
5 Features chart=DBFeaturesChart
5 Using the object repository with data modules=DBUsingTheObjectRepositoryWithDataModules
5 Using the data dictionary=DBUsingTheDataDictionary
5 Using the SQL/Database Explorer=DBUsingTheSQLDatabaseExplorer
5 Using the SQL Monitor=DBUsingTheSQLMonitor
5 Using the Visual Query Builder=DB_Using_the_Visual_Query_Builder
5 Using Data Modules
6 About data modules=About_data_modules
6 Creating data modules
7 Creating a new data module=CreatingANewDataModule
7 Naming a data module and its unit file=NamingADataModuleAndItsUnitFile
7 Placing and naming components=PlacingAndNamingComponents
7 Using component properties and methods in a data module=UsingComponentPropertiesAndMethodsInADataModule
7 Creating business rules in a data module=CreatingBusinessRulesInADataModule
6 Reusing data modules
7 Reusing data modules in the Object Repository=ReusingDataModulesInTheObjectRepository
7 Copying a data module=CopyingADataModule
7 Inheriting a data module=InheritingADataModule
7 Inheriting event handlers=InheritingEventHandlers
7 Using a data module=UsingADataModule
6 Working with data modules
7 Accessing a data module from a form=AccessingADataModuleFromAForm
7 Adding a data module to the Object Repository=AddingADataModuleToTheObjectRepository
4 Understanding database components
5 Data access component summary=DB_Data_access_component_summary
5 Data controls summary=DB_Data_controls_summary
4 Connecting to databases
5 Specifying a dataset
6 Using TTable=DB_Using_TTable
6 Using TQuery=DB_Using_TQuery
6 Using TStoredProc=DB_Using_TStoredProc
6 Using TBatchMove=DB_Using_TBatchMove
5 Specifying a database
6 Using TDatabase=DB_Using_TDatabase
6 Logging into a server=DB_Logging_into_a_server
4 Working with data
5 Opening and closing datasets=DB_Opening_and_closing_datasets
5 Setting dataset states=DB_Setting_dataset_states
5 Displaying data in a data control=DB_Displaying_data_in_a_data_control
5 Using Filters=DBUsing_Filters
5 Writing an OnFilterRecord event handler=DBWriting_an_OnFilterRecord_event_handler
5 Working with TField components
6 Using the Fields editor=DB_Using_the_Fields_editor
6 Defining a data field=DB_Defining_a_data_field
6 Defining and programming a calculated field=DB_Defining_and_programming_a_calculated_field
6 Defining a lookup field=DB_Defining_a_lookup_field
6 Accessing field values with the default dataset method=DB_Accessing_field_values_with_the_default_dataset_method
6 Accessing field values with the Fields property=DB_Accessing_field_values_with_the_Fields_property
6 Accessing field values with the FieldByName method=DB_Accessing_field_values_with_the_FieldByName_method
6 Using conversion functions=DB_Using_conversion_functions
4 Specifying a session
5 Using TSession=DB_Using_TSession
5 Using TSessionList=DB_Using_TSessionList
3 Deploying an application
4 Deploying an application=DB_Deploying_an_application
2 Debugging Applications
3 Debugger Basics
4 The execution point=ExecutionPoint
4 Breakpoints=Breakpoints
4 Watches=Watches
4 Data values=DataValues
3 Working with the Debugger
4 About the Debugger=AboutDebugger
4 Enabling the Debugger=[e-mail]
4 Symbolic debugging information=GeneratingDebuggingInformation
4 Specifying command-line arguments=[e-mail]
4 Starting a debugging session=StartingDebuggingSession
4 Customizing debugging colors=[e-mail]
4 Controlling program execution=ControllingProgramExecution
4 Debugging start-up code=[e-mail]
4 Working with Breakpoints
5 Setting breakpoints=[e-mail]
5 Locating breakpoints=[e-mail]
5 Disabling and enabling breakpoints=[e-mail]
5 Deleting breakpoints=[e-mail]
5 Modifying breakpoint properties=[e-mail]
4 Working with Watches
5 Setting watches=[e-mail]
5 Disabling and enabling watches=[e-mail]
5 Deleting watches=[e-mail]
4 Other Debugging Tasks
5 Evaluating and modifying expressions in the Debugger=[e-mail]
5 Locating function calls=[e-mail]
5 Handling exceptions in the debugger=[e-mail]
4 Types of Bugs
5 Run-time errors=RunTimeErrors
5 Logic errors=LogicErrors
2 Programming environment
3 Code editor
4 About the Code Editor=BCodeWindow
3 Form
4 About forms=BForm
3 Component Palette
4 Component Palette Pages
5 Standard page components=StandardPage
5 Additional page components=AdditionalPage
5 Win95 page components=Windows 95 Components
5 Data Access page components=DataAccessPage
5 Data Controls page components=DataControlsPage
5 Dialogs page components=DialogsPage
5 System page components=SystemPage
5 Win 3.1 page components=Windows3.1ComponentsPage
4 Component Palette Tasks
5 Adding components to the Library=AddingComponentsToTheComponentLibrary
5 Removing components from the library=Removingcomponentsfromthecomponentlibrary
3 Keyboard Shortcuts
4 About keyboard shortcuts=Keys
4 Default Keyboard Settings
5 Clipboard control (default)=KBDefaultClipboard
5 Debugger (default, classic, brief and Epsilon)=KBDebugger
5 Editor (default)=KBDefaultEditor
5 Block commands (default and classic)=KBBlockCommands
5 Bookmark operations (default and classic)=KBBookmarkOps
5 Cursor movement (default and classic)=KBCursorMovement
5 Miscellaneous commands (default and classic)=KBMiscCommands
5 System (default)=KBDefaultSystem
4 Classic Keyboard Settings
5 Clipboard control (classic)=KBClassicClipboard
5 Debugger (default, classic, brief and Epsilon)=KBDebugger
5 Editor (classic)=KBClassicEditor
5 Block commands (default and classic)=KBBlockCommands
5 Bookmark operations (default and classic)=KBBookmarkOps
5 Cursor movement (default and classic)=KBCursorMovement
5 Miscellaneous commands (default and classic)=KBMiscCommands
5 System (classic)=KBClassicSystem
4 Brief Keyboard Settings
5 Clipboard control (brief)=KBBriefClipboard
5 Debugger (default, classic, brief and Epsilon)=KBDebugger
5 Editor (brief)=KBBriefEditor
5 Block commands (brief)=KBBriefBlockCommands
5 Bookmark operations (brief)=KBBriefBookmarkOps
5 Cursor movement (brief)=KBBriefCursorMovement
5 System (brief)=KBBriefSystem
4 Epsilon Keyboard Settings
5 Clipboard control (Epsilon)=KBEpsilonClipboard
5 Debugger (default, classic, brief and Epsilon)=KBDebugger
5 Editor (Epsilon)=KBEpsilonEditor
5 Block commands (Epsilon)=KBEpsilonBlockCommands
5 Bookmark operations (Epsilon)=KBEpsilonBookmarkOps
5 Cursor movement (Epsilon)=KBEpsilonCursorMovement
5 System (Epsilon)=KBEpsilonSystem
3 Menu Designer
4 About the Menu Designer=BMenuDesigner
4 Opening the Menu Designer=[e-mail]
3 Menus
4 File menu=MFile
4 Edit menu=MEdit
4 Search menu=MSearch
4 View menu=MViews
4 Project menu=MProject
4 Run Menu=MRun
4 Component menu=MComponent
4 Database menu=MDatabase
4 Tools menu=MOptions
4 Help menu=MHelp
3 Object Inspector
4 About the Object Inspector=BObjectInspector
4 About the Object Inspector: Properties page=PropertiesPage
4 About the Object Inspector: Events page=EventsPage
3 Object Browser
4 ObjectBrowser window=ObjectBrowserWindow
3 Project Manager
4 About the Project Manager=BProjectManager
3 SpeedBar
4 About the SpeedBar=BSpeedbar
4 Configuring the SpeedBar=ConfiguringtheSpeedBar
3 SpeedMenus
4 Opening a SpeedMenu=[e-mail]
4 Alignment Palette SpeedMenu=AlignmentPaletteSpeedMenu
4 Breakpoint List SpeedMenu=BreakpointSM
4 Call Stack SpeedMenu=CallStackSpeedMenu
4 Code Editor SpeedMenu=CELocalMenu
4 Component Palette SpeedMenu=ComponentPaletteSpeedMenu
4 Form SpeedMenu=[e-mail]
4 Menu Designer SpeedMenu=UsingMenuDesignerLocalMenu
4 ObjectBrowser SpeedMenu=ObjectBrowserSpeedMenu
4 Object Inspector SpeedMenu=ObjectInspectorSpeedMenu
4 Project Manager SpeedMenu=[e-mail]
4 Watch List SpeedMenu=[e-mail]
4 SpeedBar SpeedMenu=[e-mail]
3 Debugger
4 About the Debugger=AboutDebugger
4 Breakpoint list window=BreakpointListWindow
4 Watch list window=WatchListWindow
4 Call stack window=CallStackWindow
3 Debugger SpeedMenu
4 Breakpoint List SpeedMenu=BreakpointSM
4 Watch List SpeedMenu=WatchListSpeedMenu
4 Call Stack SpeedMenu=CallStackSpeedMenu
4 Toggle Breakpoint (Code Editor SpeedMenu)=CELMToggleBreakpoint
4 Run To Cursor (Code Editor SpeedMenu)=CELMRunToCursor
4 Evaluate/Modify (Code Editor SpeedMenu)=CELMEvaluateModify
4 Add Watch At Cursor (Code Editor SpeedMenu)=CELMAddWatchAtCursor
:Include dbddesk.cnt
:Include cwg.cnt
:Include vcl.cnt
:Include obpascal.cnt
:Include pvcs.cnt
:Include dbexplor.cnt
:include imagedit.cnt
:Include win32sdk.cnt
1 Delphi Glossary
2 Glossary=glossary
:Include winhlp32.cnt