wizard/dialog creation in delphi

[mjsof84]

hi.

i'm (self evidently) quite new to delphi. let me explain roughly what i want to do.

i have a fairly complex structure of 10 paradox tables for a ticketing system, and have written an application in delphi that allows all basic operations to be done on the tables. however, for various reasons this is insufficient for some operations. for example, the user needs to create a "transaction" record, several "ticket" records etc at the same time, and needs to be guided through this process.

so in effect i'm looking to create one or more "wizards" to perform this. as far as i know, there is no inbuilt wizard component in delphi, so i guess the easiest way to do this is with a series of dialogs? if so, how should i go about it?

if anyone can give me some pointers on the best way to do this i would be very grateful.

 

[sggaunt]

There are probobly lots of ways to do this here are some suggestions..
I'm currently working on a wizard using a Tabsheet component and hiding the tabs this makes it easy to switch between pages, and there are no positioning issues.
Tab pages can be created dynamicly.

You could use panels makeing each visible as required, this would take a lot more care to set-up.

Dialogs (I expect you mean your own forms) will probobly give you more fexibility with backgrounds (I have a problem with a visible border on the tab pages), but as you should be creating these dynamicly, you will have to be careful with data access (i.e you cannot access data on a form that does not exist)

Steve.

 

[mjsof84]

thanks for that...think i'll use the tab idea