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  1. bianchin

    I want an outlined Label

    reading my post I saw I was not clear in wordart, coreldraw, fireworks... you can adjust the pen color and a different fill color to a text. I know how to set the Canvas.Font.Color, now I wanna set the pen color, not draw a rectangular frame outside of the control "Suffering, anguish...
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    I want an outlined Label

    thanks, my friend, but I don´t wanna the Canvas.TextOut. I need to draw the text only with the edges, without filling color. After dozens of freeware components I testes, I found only rectangular borders, not the outlined draw of the text, then I came here... in the beginning I thouth I must...
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    I want an outlined Label

    in fact I wanna to understand the way I outline a text. I would study the source file looking for it. I think I must read the font file to calculate the polygon that represents the character Could some one point me a resourse site that treats about TTF files structure? Thanks in advance...
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    I want an outlined Label

    Hi all! I was looking on the web for a freeware label component that can show the text with a outline, but I didn´t found Could you point me one TIA! "Suffering, anguish, desperation and hard work are the materials a good programmer is made of." (buho (A)) "and against short remaining...
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    [Pascal Fatal Error] system.dcu | not found

    do you only reinstalled or uninstall then reinstall? "Suffering, anguish, desperation and hard work are the materials a good programmer is made of." (buho (A)) "and against short remaining time..." (me)
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    How to use certain design-time components for each prj?

    ndaru, I thought to use .bat in the past, but think about: this same copy is implicitly done by windows when you log with a user or another, windows copies from the 'docs and setts' folder to the 'programs' folder "Suffering, anguish, desperation and hard work are the materials a good...
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    How to use certain design-time components for each prj?

    I use the solution of various users I create a new user for any new costumer, so the windows 'recent' folder has only the matter of this costumer and the delphi environment may be different for each project/costumer or you could change the name of the classes or inherit then to different...
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    Custom Component for browsing files (base: TListBox)

    I never had think about it... I could see it by my self! "Suffering, anguish, desperation and hard work are the materials a good programmer is made of." (buho (A)) "and against short remaining time..." (me)
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    Hide Delphi's Splash screen - Delphi 7

    Great! It will be millisecs less of anguish for waiting... It could be nanosecs! I am lucky today! No other advantages? "Suffering, anguish, desperation and hard work are the materials a good programmer is made of." (buho (A)) "and against short remaining time..." (me)
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    where to put the uses clause?

    but my point was: "(and is good style to do it so)." only this? a good style? "Suffering, anguish, desperation and hard work are the materials a good programmer is made of." (buho (A)) "and against short remaining time..." (me)
  11. bianchin

    where to put the uses clause?

    Yes, I observed this two situations. about the case that two units, one referencing the other I had a problem, years ago. I defined two TForm descendantes TMyMDIParent and TMyMDIChild each one with methods with parameter of type of the other I planed it so perfectly and, of course, it was a...
  12. bianchin

    Hide Delphi's Splash screen - Delphi 7

    Hi, people and why should I remove that splash screen? delphi would load faster? Thanks "Suffering, anguish, desperation and hard work are the materials a good programmer is made of." (buho (A)) "and against short remaining time..." (me)
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    where to put the uses clause?

    Guys, when I type Alt+f11, delphi puts my unit in the 'uses' clause in the 'implementation' section and never in the 'uses' of then 'interface' section is there a difference between putting my unit in one uses or in the other? this should turn my code faster or smaller I have this doubt...
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    Custom Component for browsing files (base: TListBox)

    if not (DriveNum in DriveBits) then ??? he is verifing some bits from a cardinal? is it other way to use then 'in' operator? "Suffering, anguish, desperation and hard work are the materials a good programmer is made of." (buho (A)) "and against short remaining time..." (me)
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    Custom Component for browsing files (base: TListBox)

    in the windows unit we have the: GetLogicalDrives GetDriveType GetDiskFreeSpace GetLogicalDrivesStrings may help you, but I haven´t use these yet... hope it helps "Suffering, anguish, desperation and hard work are the materials a good programmer is made of." (buho (A)) "and against short...

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