If you don't want to use the TWebBrowser control then the other alternative would be a RichText component. But like the TWebBrowser, most richtext controls in Delphi are just wrappers around basic Windows functionality. Should not stop you from re-inventing your own wheels, though.
I would advise you to NOT look at the QT libraries unless you want to create cross-platform applications. But if your application needs to run on both Windows and Linux then your options would be very limited since Linux just doesn't support any of the Windows API and vice versa. Delphi is a great development platform as long as you restrict yourself to the WIN32 environment. But if you want to do Linux development too, then use C/C++ instead. Plenty of C and C++ compilers that you can choose from and with proper libraries you will be able to get a better platform-independence. The game NetHack is a good example of a huge program that runs on many different platforms, with just minor adjustments. See http://nethack.org/common/index.html for the sourcecode. (And yes, it's old!) Doing the same in Delphi would be extremely difficult since Borland never designed their libraries in a way that it would support multiple platforms. -- With kind regards, \/\//\ Wim, W.A. ten Brink On Dec 30, 2007 6:20 PM, Fahri Reza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I remember the first time msOutlook introduces its side bar, > many VB developers want to try Outlooks ocx-file. > > I tried to create my own custom Label from scratch (started with > CreateWindow, TextOutA, message processing, ...), pretty much the basic, but > it doesn't function right. > > I looked at the source code of Qt, but it was confusing, too many > additional, non related to windows button creation codes. > Perhaps if I give it a second look, it will be more readable. > > If anybody would tell me where to look I would appreciate it. > > I know there are lots of good custom controls out there. But if I can't make > it myself, I would only bind myself to what they offer. Instead of going > creative. > > And among other things, how to create something like TWebBrowser, colorful > text, clickable text with underscore, sleek button with colorful description > all around it, I envy them a LOT. > Most window today doesn't look like a window, more like a web browser. > > Delphi 7.0 has one of it, a textbox that can display web-link, but you can > only use it if you are making a cross-platform application (using Qt). It is > not available for regular application project. > > Thx in advance, > ________________________________ > > FIreHAzaR:-D > West Java, Indonesia
