Learn 'Object Pascal' and 'Date and Time' functions better 1

[smitty654]

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http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/Article.asp?Name=Dates'

is a great resource I used to understand the Date and Time functions better, which also explains basic 'Object Pascal' in greater detail, using helpful examples. Please note this directs you to the "Date and Time" page. You can find the rest of basic things on 'Object Pascal' towards the left panel of the page.

 

[smitty654]

I found another resource for 'Object Pascal' and specifically 'Date and Time functions' at the following website: '

http://delphi.about.com/od/beginners/l/blrtldatetime.htm'

 

[Stretchwickster]

Just to join the dots up in terms of resources (and I'm not jumping on the bandwagon to get a star!), see the FAQ section for this forum and particularly the following FAQs:
faq102-2794
faq102-5352

Clive

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[MilesAhed]

Also I think if you are ever tempted to venture into the cold dark waters of COM programming in Windows, Delphi 5 is great. By default it creates dual interface COM objects and if you use it for ActiveX the controls work in everything I've tried. If you don't put a design-time license on the ActiveX it will even work in scripting languages that can do ActiveX such as Win32 Python.

From what I have seen the only weak point for COM in Delphi(at least as of version 5 Pro.. I haven't the used newer versions) is that I haven't seen a shell extension that works. You pretty much need to do those in VC++ 6.

Also playing around with or reading about COM gives you an idea how to design Delphi classes using interfaces. It gives you another perspective. (Plus a lot of the Delphi classes that use interfaces are really COM classes with a wrapper around the COM object.)