Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-13 Thread Anonymous
Matthew Comb wrote: > > Mark, Your questions are NOT silly. > > > > Tony. > > Well there was the one about the > > :) > > Matt. Careful - I'm sensitive! Mark --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EM

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-13 Thread Axis
I would have to suggest that for beginners that Delphi for Dummies is an excellent starting point for the absolute beginner. I havent moved onto the intermediate level yet so cant comment on that. Geoff Mark Howard wrote: > Hi Guys > > It would be interesting and useful to me (and maybe some ot

RE: [DUG]: System tray.

1999-06-13 Thread Chris Crowe
Try   Before the application.createForm()   Application.ShowMainForm := FALSE; ... Application.CreateForm(); Application.RUN;   This way there is no flicker at all.   ps: Not sure what version of Delphi that was added, but it works in 4   Chris -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTE

RE: [DUG]: System tray.

1999-06-13 Thread Mark Derricutt
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Patrick Dunford wrote: > Once you call the Hide method of the main form then it disappears > completely. Hiding the main form isn't what you really want, you want to hide the application window, I use: ShowWindow(Application.Handle, SW_HIDE); Which does it. -- Mark Der

RE: [DUG]: System tray.

1999-06-13 Thread Patrick Dunford
Once you call the Hide method of the main form then it disappears completely. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matthew CombSent: Monday, 14 June 1999 14:58To: Multiple recipients of list delphiSubject: Re: [DUG]: System tra

Re: [DUG]: System tray.

1999-06-13 Thread Nic Wise
Matt, ShowWindow(Application.handle, SW_HIDE) I think. N --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz

[DUG]: Bezier Curves...

1999-06-13 Thread Derricutt, Mark
How do I draw a bezier curve onto a canvas? I think theres an API function somewhere that I can use but not sure any ideas? -- Mark Derricutt, PB Power NZ Ltd (http://www.pbpower.net) Now Playing... Lightmare - The Fool

Re: [DUG]: System tray.

1999-06-13 Thread Matthew Comb
Thanks Patrick I downloaded the mentioned component and it seems to be working fine, except how do you make the main form not appear in the taskbar as this sort of defeats the purpose of having the icon in the system tray.   Cheers,   Matt. - Original Message - From: Patrick

Re: [DUG]: System tray.

1999-06-13 Thread Nic Wise
look on the DSP (developer.href.com - might be plural) or similar - there are loads of components that do this. If not, drop me a line - I have one that works. Nic. > Matthew Comb wrote: > > Can someone please tell me how to make an application load as a system > tray icon down the bottom on t

RE: [DUG]: System tray.

1999-06-13 Thread Patrick Dunford
Use one of numerous tray icon components   The one I use is mdTray which is available free from http://www.djernaes.dk/martin/   Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZhttp://patrick.dunford.com/ -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-13 Thread Matthew Comb
> Mark, Your questions are NOT silly. > > Tony. Well there was the one about the :) Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.

[DUG]: System tray.

1999-06-13 Thread Matthew Comb
Can someone please tell me how to make an application load as a system tray icon down the bottom on the taskbar ?   Still also trying to find out how to detect/install network protocols into windows.   Cheers,   Matt.

RE: [DUG]: Is it Still ComCtl32.dll Problem?

1999-06-13 Thread Tony Goodrich
> > We have been doing some Y2K tests and have found that we can crash a > PC > > using a datetimepicker. Unless you useversion 5.8 of COMCTL32.DLL > which > > ships with IE5. > > Damm, you mean I -have- to install IE5? :( heh. > > Well if you are using IE, the IE5 seems to be an improvement

RE: [DUG]: Is it Still ComCtl32.dll Problem?

1999-06-13 Thread Tony Goodrich
> > How do you go about crashing the PC with a TDateTimePicker?? > > If date is in yy format then Select the year part of the date and > enter 001and the press the TAB key. For a date I think all we > did was type in a 2 digit date. This failed with Delphi 3, we did > not test with Delp

[DUG]: 3 date windows for 2-digit year processing?

1999-06-13 Thread Mike Osborne
From the Delphi Year 2000 page (http://www.inprise.com/devsupport/y2000/delphi.html#notes3 ) : "To make your own Delphi applications handle two digit years more reliably at the millennium, you should initialize the SysUtils global variable TwoDigitYearCenturyWindow to a positive value in the

Re: [DUG]: Paradox Date Format

1999-06-13 Thread Mike Osborne
More paradox date stuff: Regardless of Windows Short Date setting year as yy or if you enter the date '1/1/45' into a grid you get 1/1/1945 but if you use an SQL INSERT of '1/1/45' you get 1/1/2045. Similarly, a SELECT on '1/1/45' gets 1/1/2045. FindKey([strtodate('1/1/45')]) will find 1/1/

RE: [DUG]: Delphi 5 Reports

1999-06-13 Thread Chris Crowe
From the small sample we got here in Christchurch we learned it will be QuickReports.   Chris -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony BlomfieldSent: Sunday, 13 June 1999 20:24To: Multiple recipients of list delphiSubject: [DUG]:

[DUG]: Getting Connect Speed for RAS Connection

1999-06-13 Thread Chris Crowe
Hi Does anyone have some code to get the connection speed of a RAS connection to the internet?. Basically I want to be able to place the code in a COM Object which gets called from a ASP page which dials the net and handup. Windows 2000 has built in modem sharing ability, and it works great. O

[DUG]: Conditional Average in Report Builder Pro

1999-06-13 Thread Chris Crowe
Hi, I am wanting to do a conditional average for a group in a Report builder pro report. I could use a DBCalc component, and average a field, but I can not make that conditional. I have a field called "Duration", and another called "Call_type", so I want to sum the Duration where Call_Type = 1

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-13 Thread Tony Blomfield
Mark, Your questions are NOT silly. Tony. -Original Message- From: Mark Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, 13 June 1999 19:47 Subject: [DUG]: Reference books Hi Guys It would be interesting and useful to me (and maybe so

[DUG]: Delphi 5 Reports

1999-06-13 Thread Tony Blomfield
Does any body know what report generator Delphi 5 will ship with?

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-13 Thread Steve Cooney
- Original Message - From: Mark Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 8:44 PM Subject: [DUG]: Reference books > Hi Guys > > It would be interesting and useful to me (and maybe some others) to get > some feedback