CD Actual 9/CDACTUAL9.iso/progs/CB/DATA.Z/DCCWG.TOC

Microsoft Windows Help File Content | 1996-11-01 | 4.6 KB | 101 lines

:Base DCCWG.HLP
:Title Component Writer's Help
1 Component Writer's Guide
2 Introduction to component writing
2 Writing components=cwgIntroductionToComponentWriting
3 What is a component?
4 Functional definition=cwgFunctionalDefinitionOfComponent
4 Technical definition=cwgTechnicalDefinitionOfComponent
4 Component writer's definition=cwgPracticalDefinitionOfComponent
3 What
s different about writing components?
4 Component writing is nonvisual=cwgComponentWritingIsNonVisual
4 Component writing requires deeper knowledge of objects=cwgComponentWritingAndObjects
4 Component writing follows more conventions=cwgComponentWritingConventions
3 Summary of creating a component
4 Creating a component=cwgCreatingAComponent
2 Overview of component creation
3 The Visual Component Library=cwgTheVisualComponentLibrary
3 Components and objects=cwgComponentsAndObjects
3 How do you create components?=cwgWhatKindsOfComponentsCanYouCreate
3 Component starting points
4 Modifying existing controls=cwgCustomControls
4 Creating original controls=cwgWindowedControls
4 Creating graphic controls=cwgGraphicalControls
4 Subclassing Windows controls=cwgSubclassedControls
4 Creating nonvisual components=cwgGenericComponents
3 What goes in a component?
4 What goes in a component?=cwgWhatGoesInAComponent
4 Removing dependencies=cwgRemovingContracts
4 Properties and events and methods=cwgPropertiesEventsAndMethods
4 Graphics encapsulation=cwgGraphicsEncapsulation
4 Registration overview=cwgStreamingAndRegistration
3 Creating a new component
4 Creating a new component=cwgCreatingANewComponent
4 Using the Component Expert=cwgUsingTheComponentExpert
4 Creating a component manually
5 Creating a component manually=cwgCreatingAComponentManually
5 Creating a new unit=cwgCreatingAUnit
5 Deriving the component object=cwgDerivingTheComponentObject
5 Declaring a new constructor=cwgDeclaringANewConstructor
5 Registering the component=cwgRegisteringTheComponent
4 Testing uninstalled components
5 Testing uninstalled components=cwgTestingUninstalledComponents
4 Installing a component on the Component palette
5 Installing a component on the Component palette=cwgInstallingAComponent
5 Adding a component=cwgAddingAComponent
5 Modifying how VCL is built=cwgModifyingHowVCLIsBuilt
5 Where to place your component=cwgWhereToPlaceYourComponent
2 OOP for component writers
3 OOP for component writers=cwgOOPForComponentWriters
3 Deriving new types=cwgDerivingNewTypes
3 Ancestors and descendants=cwgAncestorsAndDescendants
3 Object hierarchies=cwgObjectHierarchies
3 Controlling access=cwgControllingAccess
3 Dispatching methods=cwgDispatchingMethods
3 Objects and pointers=cwgObjectsAndPointers
2 Creating properties
3 Why create properties?=cwgPropertyWhy
3 Types of properties=cwgPropertyTypes
3 Publishing inherited properties=cwgPublishingInheritedProperties
3 Defining component properties
4 Defining component properties=cwgDefiningProperties
4 The property declaration=cwgPropertyDeclaration
4 Internal data storage (properties)=cwgPropertyStorage
4 Direct access=cwgDirectAccess
4 Acces methods (properties)=cwgPropertyMethods
4 Default property values=cwgDefaultPropertyValues
4 Creating array properties=cwgCreatingIndexedProperties
2 Creating events
3 Creating events=cwgCreatingEvents
3 What are events?
4 What are events?=cwgWhatAreEvents
4 Events are closures=cwgEventsAreMethodPointers
4 Events are properties=cwgEventsAreProperties
4 Event-handler types=cwgEventHandlerTypes
4 Event handlers are optional=cwgEventHandlersAreOptional
3 Implementing the standard events
4 Implementing the standard events=cwgImplementingTheStandardEvents
4 What are the standard events?=cwgWhatAreTheStandardEvents
4 Making events visible=cwgMakingEventHooksVisible
4 Changing the standard event handling=cwgChangingTheStandardEventHandling
3 Defining your own events
4 Triggering the event=cwgSpecifyingTheEvent
4 Defining the handler type=cwgDefiningTheHandlerType
4 Declaring the event=cwgDeclaringTheHandlerLink
4 Calling the event=cwgCallingTheHandlerLink
2 Creating methods
3 Creating methods=cwgCreatingMethods
3 Avoiding interdependencies=cwgAvoidContracts
3 Naming methods=cwgNamingMethods
3 Protecting methods=cwgPublicOrProtected
3 Making methods virtual=cwgVirtualMethods
3 Declaring methods=cwgDeclaringMethods
2 Using graphics in components
3 Using graphics in components=cwgUsingGraphicsInComponents
3 Overview of graphics=cwgOverviewOfGraphics
3 Using the canvas=cwgUsingTheCanvas
3 Working with pictures=cwgWorkingWithPictures
3 Offscreen bitmaps=cwgOffscreenBitmaps
3 Responding to changes=cwgRespondingToChanges