The help does seem to get better - I've been finding it useful in Delphi XE. There is probably more documentation than ever before, but Delphi is so much bigger than it use to be. I think the depth of the coverage is not as good as it use to be and I still come across stuff that's not documented at all.
Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington On 8/03/2011 7:42 p.m., David O'Brien wrote: > It would be nice if there was some decent help in D2009. It is pitiful; > Quite often no more than a brief class description without even the file > it is declared in. And takes 30+ seconds to load on my machine the first > time... I hardly ever use it, Google is better... > > Don't know if 2010 is any better. I used to have a link to the D5 help, > which was much better. > > -----Original Message----- > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > On Behalf Of Ross Levis > Sent: Tuesday, 8 March 2011 6:20 p.m. > To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' > Subject: Re: [DUG] Move mouse to ListItem > > Listitem.Position does work after all. I hadn't tried it due to the > documentation. Checking the code, reading the Position is fine for > vsReport items but setting the Position is only supported for > vsSmallIcon& vsIcon. > The doc isn't clear in that respect. > > Ross. > > -----Original Message----- > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > On Behalf Of Jolyon Smith > Sent: Tuesday, 8 March 2011 4:06 PM > To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' > Subject: Re: [DUG] Move mouse to ListItem > > I wonder if the issue discussed in this thread might be relevant: > > http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-CA/vcgeneral/thread/ff2381fd- > 2783 > -431e-ba86-ccdf269d7722 > > > (LVM_GetItemPosition can be broken in report/list view on Vista/Win7 > depending on manifest. TListItem.Position uses LVM_GetItemPosition, > rather than GetItemRect) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > On Behalf Of David O'Brien > Sent: Tuesday, 8 March 2011 15:48 > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] Move mouse to ListItem > > I'm using 2009... > > -----Original Message----- > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > On Behalf Of Ross Levis > Sent: Tuesday, 8 March 2011 2:08 p.m. > To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' > Subject: Re: [DUG] Move mouse to ListItem > > I did mean vsReport. Perhaps this was changed in later Delphi versions. > My > D7 documentation says. > > "Note: Position has no effect unless the list view has a ViewStyle of > vsIcon or vsSmallIcon." > > But I'll try it. > > Cheers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > On Behalf Of David O'Brien > Sent: Tuesday, 8 March 2011 8:51 AM > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] Move mouse to ListItem > > ListView.Items[i].GetPosition appears to work in vsReport view, or are > we talking another view? > > -----Original Message----- > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > On Behalf Of Ross Levis > Sent: Monday, 7 March 2011 6:49 p.m. > To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' > Subject: Re: [DUG] Move mouse to ListItem > > This doesn't work in detailed view which I'm using. > > Cheers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > On Behalf Of David O'Brien > Sent: Monday, 7 March 2011 12:56 PM > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] Move mouse to ListItem > > ListView.Selected.GetPosition? Returns a TPoint. > > -----Original Message----- > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > On Behalf Of Ross Levis > Sent: Friday, 4 March 2011 5:16 p.m. > To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' > Subject: Re: [DUG] Move mouse to ListItem > > I plan to use that function, but need the x,y of the selected list item > first. > > Jolyon's suggestion of ListView_GetItemRect looks to be heading in the > right direction. > > Cheers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > On Behalf Of Todd > Sent: Friday, 4 March 2011 5:03 PM > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] Move mouse to ListItem > > > Pos := Control.ScreenToClient(Mouse.CursorPos); > > >> On a keyboard shortcut I want to move the mouse to the start of the >> currently selected item in a listview. I know how to move the mouse >> but > I'm >> not sure how to get the x,y position of the selected item in relation >> to > the >> listview. 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