VCL Features Since Delphi 7 |
| VCL Applications are themed by default. |
All new VCL applications are themed by default. Existing
applications, when imported, are not themed, but can be easily
themed by selecting the Project|Options|Application|Enable
Runtime Themes option. By doing so, the IDE will inject a
manifest file into the project resources that will properly theme
the application.
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| TForm.GlassFrame property |
TForm now has a GlassFrame property that allow developers to control the Vista Aero glassing effect for a form.
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| TTaskDialog |
Use the TTaskDialog component to access the Vista Task Dialog. Via the Object Inspector, developers can fully customize the appearance of the TaskDialog.
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| TFileOpenDialog |
Use the TFileOpenDialog to access the new Vista File Open dialog.
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| TFileSaveDialog |
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| TFlowPanel |
TFlowPanel is a TPanel descendent that allows controls placed
within it to "flow" together depending on the FlowStyle
property. The default value is fsLeftRightTopBottom,
meaning controls in the TFlowPanel flow from the upper left to
the lower right. The functionality of a TFlowPanel is similar to
that of text and other elements in a web browser.
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| TGridPanel |
TGridPanel implements a grid panel control in which each
component is placed within a cell on a grid. With a
grid panel, a developer can specify the number of rows and columns on the
panel, then each component is placed into the next available cell
in the grid, regardless of where it is placed with the mouse. If
each grid contains a control and more controls are added, the
location for the new controls is determined by the ExpandStyle
property. For example, using the default ExpandStyle property of
AddRows, a new row is added to the grid, and each cell in the row
can contain a new control.
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| TCategoryButtons |
The TCategoryButtons control allows a developer to create a set of
buttons much like Delphi's new tool pallete. The control can
contain any number of categories, and each category can contain
any number of buttons. The colors of the categories can be
completely configured. The appearance of the control
can be customized with properties. The categories can be
moved at runtime if desired, and individual buttons can be moved
or copied between categories as well.
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| TDockTabSet |
For more information on the TDockTabSet, see Using the TDockTabSet
component by Jeremy North
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| TTrayIcon |
The TTrayIcon puts an icon in the task tray for a VCL
Application. The control provide for Balloon hints and for
a popup menu.
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| Intellimouse support |
The VCL now supports the Intellimouse API. For instance, as
shown below, middle-clicking in a TMemo component allows the user to use
the mouse to scroll within the memo. The Code Editor also
supports this functionality.
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| Fastcode replacements for a number of RTL
functions |
There have been numerous additions to the VCL and RTL from the
FastCode developers.
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| Margin/Padding values in VCL |
All VCL controls now have
Padding and Margin Properties.
These two properties work much like they do in HTML, with Padding
describing the length in pixels that a container will place
controls within itself. The Margin property describes the number of
pixels outside of a control that will be given space.
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| AlignWithMargins |
When the AlignWithMargins property of a component is set to TrueAlign property is set to something other than alNone,
then the control, when doing the alignment, will take into
account it's own Margin property values and the Padding property
values of its container.
For instance, below is a TPanel in a form. The Panel has its
AlignWithMargins property set to True, and all of it's Margin
values set to 20. In addition, the form itself has its
Padding.Bottom property set to 30.
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| SnapBuffer/ScreenSnap properties |
The SnapBuffer and ScreenSnap properties on TForm combine to
allow a form to snap to the edges of the Windows Desktop.
See a demo of the feature here. |
| Rave Reporting |
Delphi 2007 for Win32 includes the latest version of Rave Reports
CodeGear Edition |
