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Date formatting with shortdateformat

Question: I’m using Delphi 2.0. My application changes the date format with ShortDateFormat:=’dd/mm/yyyy’ and dateseparator functions. It works, but I found that when I change the taskbar’s ontop or autohide

Help on commands

Question: I’ve been programming in Turbo Pascal since v. 4.0 and have made the switch to Delphi 2.0. The only problem is all these new commands!Where on the Net or

Delphi console application

Question: Is it possible to write a non-interactive program in Delphi 2.0 that does something quick in the background without opening a form or a console window? Answer: Sure, but

Dialogs: Implementing your own execute method

Question: I use Delphi 1.0. The standard dialogs (such as TOpenDialog and TPrintDialog) offer a method called execute. It executes the form/dialog, and waits until it returns. I would like

How to display “Record x of y”

Question: I am writing a database app in Delphi that is a Customer/Order Management System, and need to display a ‘3 of 7’ type info in the status bar. How

Beginner

Question: I’m trying to mock some screens which is pretty simple but I do need a couple of commandbuttons to bring up another screen.For example, when the user pushes the

Cannot load form, unspecified error

Question: I have a project that exists on a NT 3.51 machine. When I copy all source code, etc. to my Win95 PC, Delphi does not load the main form.