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Base64 Encode and Decode – VCL
Posted by Raz
on June 30, 2007
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Get User IP address
Posted by Raz
on June 16, 2007
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Reporting formatted errors
Posted by Raz
on June 14, 2007
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File version information
Posted by Raz
on February 25, 2007
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Q: How can I get file version information from my own exe/dll or any other file?
A: The VerQueryValue function retrieves specified version information from the specified version-information resource. To retrieve the appropriate resource, before you call VerQueryValue, you must first call the GetFileVersionInfoSize function, and then the GetFileVersionInfo function.
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Sorting a ListView
Posted by Raz
on February 17, 2007
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Here is how you can use the OnColumnClick and OnCompare events of a TListView to let users sort the columns (ascending/descending) in a report-style list view by clicking on the column headers. This requires a global variable to keep track of the column that was clicked:
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Drag & Drop Files
Posted by Raz
on February 10, 2007
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How to enabled drag&drop from explorer to your window and retrieve a list of dropped files?
1. Enable your window (Form) to accept dropped files (DragAcceptFiles )
2. Add a message handler for WM_DROPFILES
3. Use DragQueryFile ( on WM_DROPFILES) to get the dropped files count and their full path.
Printing a TBitmap with StretchDIBits
Posted by Raz
on February 2, 2007
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The simple way to print a TBitmap is to use the Draw method of a TPrinter Canvas ThePrinterCanvas->Draw ( PositionX, PositionY, TheBitmap);. This works, except that on many machines this will fail to print (or print out too small). The following code will print the TBitmap at a size that is adjusted for the printer device using StretchDIBits. You could change the scaling and have it print to whatever size you want…
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Unicode files path
Posted by Raz
on January 27, 2007
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Checking if a file or folder exists with FileExists and DirectoryExists (VCL) will not work on Unicode files path, so here are the Unicode versions…
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