Re: [DUG]: The Long and Winding Road

2001-06-26 Thread Ross Levis
Peter Harrop wrote: The thing is, I can program in Turbo Pascal as easy as writing an essay. I presume it will be the same with Delphi with practice and experience. I'm a first time Windows programmer. I installed Delphi two weeks ago I have a utility app almost complete with a nice pretty

[DUG]: TimeSeparator on form?

2001-06-26 Thread Ross Levis
Thanks to all for the Blockwrite help. It's working well now. What is the best way to get the international TimeSeparator char in a label on a form at load time. I tried assigning it in the Initialisation section but that gives me a memory violation. Ross.

Re: [DUG]: TimeSeparator on form?

2001-06-26 Thread Bevan Edwards
That's probably because it hasn't created the component yet. Try doing it in OnShow. Regards, Bevan Ross Levis wrote: Thanks to all for the Blockwrite help. It's working well now. What is the best way to get the international TimeSeparator char in a label on a form at load time. I

RE: [DUG]: TimeSeparator on form?

2001-06-26 Thread Dennis Chuah
Don't use OnShow as it gets called every time the form is minimised/hidden and shown. Use OnCreate instead; this gets called once - after the constructor. Regards, Dennis. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2001 23:51 To:

Re: [DUG]: TimeSeparator on form?

2001-06-26 Thread David Brennan
Ross, Without going into too much detail here is the general order of code for Delphi application on startup. 1. Initialisation sections for all units run in a somewhat arbitrary order based on which units use which. 2. The code in the project source file is executed (Project menu, select View

[DUG]: Freeware HTML Display Component....

2001-06-26 Thread Donovan J. Edye
G'Day All, I am looking for a freeware HTML display component. Has anyone got any pointers? I do not want to use a TWebBrowser as I cannot rely on a minimum level IE being installed on the target machine. TIA -- Donovan --

RE: [DUG]: Freeware HTML Display Component....

2001-06-26 Thread Nahum Wild
www.pbear.com have a really good one which does cost money.But they have a freeware one depending on what you want to do with it - personel/educational based. Nahum. -Original Message-From: Donovan J. Edye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:52 AMTo:

[DUG]: Jpegs

2001-06-26 Thread Robert Martin
Hi just a quick question.I believe that TImage doesnt support Jpeg files, which our users may want to use. What is the best way of doing a preview of BMPs and Jpegs. Do we need two components, 1 for each image style or is there a component that displays both? RobSoftware engineerWild

Re: [DUG]: Jpegs

2001-06-26 Thread jnorth
TImage's will support JPEGS if you add the JPEG unit to the uses clause. Not sure about D3 or D4 but definately D5. JED Hi just a quick question. I believe that TImage doesnt support Jpeg files, which our users may want to use. What is the best way of doing a preview of BMPs and Jpegs. Do

RE: [DUG]: Freeware HTML Display Component....

2001-06-26 Thread Mark Derricutt
I was about to suggest this one, then saw your post. I thought it was compleatly free, but if you wanted the source, then you paid? --On Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:47 AM +1200 Nahum Wild [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: www.pbear.com have a really good one which does cost money. But they have a

RE: [DUG]: Freeware HTML Display Component....

2001-06-26 Thread Nahum Wild
I bought it about 2 years ago so it may have changed since then. -Original Message- From: Mark Derricutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 13:42 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Freeware HTML Display Component I was about

Re:[DUG]: Jpegs

2001-06-26 Thread Corey Murtagh
Robert Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 27/06/2001 13:30:45: Hi just a quick question. I believe that TImage doesnt support Jpeg files, which our users may want to use. What is the best way of doing a preview of BMPs and Jpegs. Do we need two components, 1 for each image style or is

[DUG]: Zero-footprint database drivers

2001-06-26 Thread Delphi
Due to some rather restrictive requirements for a coming project I require - A database format that can exist in a purely read-only state on a CDROM - Database drivers that must not require installation - Database drivers that do not require access to the registry for storing configuration

Re: [DUG]: Jpegs

2001-06-26 Thread Robert Martin
Thanks Ill try that :) Rob Software engineer Wild Software Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Jpegs TImage's will support JPEGS if you

[DUG]: Quickreport Shapes

2001-06-26 Thread Eion McIntosh (CHCH)
Hi There is a TQRShape component that comes with Quickreport within Delphi for drawings boxes circles and lines. We currently are using Delphi 4 and there are the various options for rectange, circle, line etc. but nothing to signify a radius option for rounding the rectangles corners. Can

Re: [DUG]: Zero-footprint database drivers

2001-06-26 Thread Edward Aretino
If all you need are tables filled with data, kbmMemTable (http://delphi.e-indexit.com/) will do the trick. You can compile the table formats and data into the app. If you need SQL and wanted a more traditional solution, DBISAM can do it ( the FAQ explains how

RE: [DUG]: Zero-footprint database drivers

2001-06-26 Thread Nahum Wild
If you don't want SQL then EasyTable found at http://www.aidaim.com/ is apparently quite good and reasonably cheap. I have not used it myself so I can't say, but they do have a free version. Nahum. -Original Message- From: Edward Aretino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday,

RE: [DUG]: Zero-footprint database drivers

2001-06-26 Thread Myles Penlington
What about IB6 - it supports a read-only DB especially for CD-Drives? Don't know how you go about avoiding installing the drivers. I suppose if it is all in the same directory, or the cd has the correct directory structure, then it may work without an install. You may have to experiment to see

[DUG]: Writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE by non-administrator

2001-06-26 Thread Alex Kouznetsov
When Delphi application is ran by non-administrator user on NT/2000 PC, it cannot write to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry key. Are there any tricks to get around this limitation ? Regards Alex --- New Zealand Delphi Users

Re: RE: [DUG]: Zero-footprint database drivers

2001-06-26 Thread Corey Murtagh
Myles Penlington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 27/06/2001 16:05:59: What about IB6 - it supports a read-only DB especially for CD-Drives? Don't know how you go about avoiding installing the drivers. I suppose if it is all in the same directory, or the cd has the correct directory structure, then

Re: [DUG]: Writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE by non-administrator

2001-06-26 Thread jnorth
Get an administrator to run regedt32 and modify the permissions on the key. Don't write to the Key. Write to current user one instead... Probably not really that helpful though! When Delphi application is ran by non-administrator user on NT/2000 PC, it cannot write to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Re: [DUG]: Writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE by non-administrator

2001-06-26 Thread Alex Kouznetsov
Could not find regedit32 on my W2K machine. Neither could I find how to change permissions using regedit. Thanks anyway Get an administrator to run regedt32 and modify the permissions on the key. Don't write to the Key. Write to current user one instead... Probably not really that helpful

Re:[DUG]: Writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE by non-administrator

2001-06-26 Thread Corey Murtagh
Alex Kouznetsov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 27/06/2001 16:29:21: When Delphi application is ran by non-administrator user on NT/2000 PC, it cannot write to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry key. Are there any tricks to get around this limitation ? Not as far as I know. There are a bunch of good

Re: [DUG]: Writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE by non-administrator

2001-06-26 Thread jnorth
it is REGEDT32 (there is no 'i'). It is on mine. You can't change permission with regedit. Could not find regedit32 on my W2K machine. Neither could I find how to change permissions using regedit. ** This email and any

Re: [DUG]: TimeSeparator on form?

2001-06-26 Thread Peter Ingham
1. Initialisation sections for all units run in a somewhat arbitrary order based on which units use which. My recollection is that the arbitrary order chosen exactly matches the order of the uses clauses in the .dpr! ---

RE: [DUG]: TimeSeparator on form?

2001-06-26 Thread Dennis Chuah
That is incorrect. The unit order in a DPR is only half the story. For example, if you use SysUtils and Classes, no matter how you order then, you will find that SysUtils still gets instantiated first. Unit dependency determines the order. Another example, if you have unit1 and unit2 in your