[DUG]: DLL and runtime package

1999-09-29 Thread Jim Zheng
Hi, there, We all know we can reduce the total size of your applications by building them with runtime package (e.g. VCL50). But a problem occurs when I build both EXE and DLL with runtime package, the EXE application handle value is 0 while the EXE requires the DLL. Either of them or both of th

RE: [DUG]: Borland announces support for Delphi on Linux

1999-09-29 Thread Grant Black
See http://www.borland.com/about/press/1999/linuxdev.html for more. Quite a discussion went on at /. (http://www.slashdot.org) Grant Black Software Developer SmartMove (NZ) Ltd Phone: +64 9 361-0219 extn 719 Fax : +64 9 361-0211 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message---

Re: [DUG]: Borland announces support for Delphi on Linux

1999-09-29 Thread Mark Derricutt
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Gary T. Benner wrote: > Hi all, > Hot off the presses. Gary - you're a little late :-) We were talking about this 3-4 days ago when it was on /. :) -- Mark Derricutt, Software Developer Getting jiggy with The Tea Party - Triptych in NZ (29/9/99 - Auckland, NZ) --

[DUG]: Borland announces support for Delphi on Linux

1999-09-29 Thread Gary T. Benner
Hi all, Hot off the presses. Gary SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Sept. 28, 1999 -- Inprise Corporation (Nasdaq: INPR), today announced that it is developing a high performance Linux application development environment that will support C, C++, and Delphi development. The project, code named "Kyl

[DUG]: Eureka

1999-09-29 Thread Alistair George
Messages can be passed by the following code (with additional items) anyone needs it, give me a yell, I dont claim originality: procedure PassParamsToPreviousInstance; begin PostMessage(hPrevious, UM_RESTORE_APPLICATION, 0, 0); if (ParamCount > 0) then begin aAtom := GlobalAddAtom(PChar(

RE: [DUG]: Forms from DLLs again

1999-09-29 Thread Neil Anderson
Instead of parameters : I have a custom object on each form, I set the properties when I create load and create the form > -Original Message- > From: Jim Zheng [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 10:21 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list delp

Re: [DUG]: [Q] Common Ancestor - TCanvas....

1999-09-29 Thread Aaron Scott-Boddendijk
> As part of a component I would like one of the properties to be a list of > controls that have a canvas property. Now I realise that I could traverse > all the components owned by the form to determine if it had a TCanvas > property. However what I don't understand is: > > - What type do I make

RE: [DUG]: Forms from DLLs again

1999-09-29 Thread Jim Zheng
Hi, Neil, You are right. I do load the package explicitly. Only thing I find hard to control is that closing the form or making the form invisible does take affect until unload the package, which I don't want sometimes. Maybe it is the only way or best way of each form as a package. The another

RE: [DUG]: Tray Icon Component

1999-09-29 Thread Jim Zheng
Hi, I have the source code of another tray icon component from Pete Ness which works fine in D5 so far. Mail me if you want. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Nigel Tavendale Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 20:44 To: Multi

RE: [DUG]: [Q] Common Ancestor - TCanvas....

1999-09-29 Thread Colin Fraser
The Delphi Informant magazine had an article on RTTI (in Delphi 5... might still be interesting though...) on there WEB site, here is the address... (Note the www.delphimag.com address... The Delphi Magazine - competition to The Delphi Informant Magazine were not to impressed!!) Anyway, here it i

RE: [DUG]: [Q] Common Ancestor - TCanvas....

1999-09-29 Thread Carl Reynolds
>- What type do I make the property? TPersistent? A TList? >- If I did the above there would be a need to typecast the >property. There must be a better way to do that aside from if >The_Control is TImage then TImage(The_Control).Canvas etc. I guess you could always do something like // uses P

RE: [DUG]: Brisbane Conference in Nov.

1999-09-29 Thread Max Renshaw-Fox
13th - 16th November Tutorials over the weekend (13th, 14th) Main Conference Mon / Tue (15th, 16th) Tutorials are on (Total 9 Tutorials): Distributed, Stateless and Web Stuff JBuilder Intro and Intermediate C++ Builder Intermediate Delphi Components and Packages Conference Tracks (Too many sess

Re: [DUG]: Brisbane Conference in Nov.

1999-09-29 Thread Matthew Comb
When is it again, I might be interested as I have a sister in brisbane and two of our franchises are over there. Cheers, Matt. - Original Message - From: Stephen Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 11

RE: [DUG]: Forms from DLLs again

1999-09-29 Thread Neil Anderson
You need to load the package explicitly, ie take it out of the project and use the LoadPackage and UnLoadPackage methods. my app has each form as a package, I can then control which forms to load/unload etc > -Original Message- > From: Jim Zheng [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday,

[DUG]: Memory Hole

1999-09-29 Thread Alistair George
Further to (my) memory hole; The parameters need be passed when the app is running, not when its being started, hence not paramstr(x) --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[DUG]: Brisbane Conference in Nov.

1999-09-29 Thread Stephen Barker
Hi all, who else is going or thinking about it? I would like to get together a group if possible as we should be able to get a discount on the reg. fee if 5 of us register together. Earlybird registration ends on 8th Oct. regards, Steve Barker

[DUG]: Memory hole

1999-09-29 Thread Alistair George
Its gone.. Can anyone remind me how to get windows parameters, not paramstr. EG I have a MPEG player, and another app sends a stringlist of filename/s to it I guess using the File types, so that when myapp gets a 'Play' message, it knows to put the file(s) into a Playlist and play the firs

[DUG]: Tray Icon Component

1999-09-29 Thread Nigel Tavendale
Hi All, I have been using the PGIconTray component successfully with Delphi 3 for a while now. However now that I have upgraded to D5 I need an upgrade for the component. Does anyone know where I can get it. I tried to look for the Web site but it doesn't seem to be out there anymore. Thanks