Tip Bank

Question: How can I get a TEdit to display right-justified text? Answer: There is no way to do this at runtime because there’s no facility in TEditto right-align text. The

Question: I am developing an application in Delphi 2.0 on a 1024×768 resolution (large fonts), and have been trying to get it to act properly in 800×600 mode with little

Question: How can I determine that a user has been inactive for a certain length of time so that I may exit the application? Answer: This is an interesting question

Question: Where is the best place to put code that you want to run every time a new record is read into buffer? For example, in a HR system, you

Question: I was a VB programmer, until my recent shift to Delphi 2.0. How can I create a database in code? Answer: It depends on the type of database youwant

Question: How can I hide an application (in my case a DLL) from the taskbar in Win95 (Delphi 2.0) and still have the form active and visible? Answer: The easiest

Question: We’re concluding development of a Delphi 1.0 to 2.0 app and have found during user testing that after an app except, when the app terminates, all data entered has

Question: I want to convert some code written in Paradox to Delphi. I am mainly interested in a quick method rather than the usual method. The code deals with the

Question: I am using Delphi 1.0 and am having a hard time trying to find commands/procedures/modules to lock a record from a Paradox database. What should I do to lock