delphivcl.Form represents a standard application window (form). Forms can represent the application’s main window, or dialog boxes, or MDI children. A form can contain other objects, such as Button, CheckBox, and ComboBox objects.
You can see all the properties, methods, and built-in properties of the delphivcl.Form using dir() command:
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import delphivcl dir(delphivcl.Form) |
See the responses in command prompt:
Here is the working example of the implementation of delphivcl.Form to create a very basic form:
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from delphivcl import * # Create a Class to build a basic Form class MainForm(Form): def __init__(self, Owner): self.Caption = "Introduction to VCL Components" # Initialize your application def main(): Application.Initialize() Application.Title = "MyDelphiApp" f = MainForm(Application) f.Show() FreeConsole() Application.Run() main() |
And here is the result:
In addition, you can add a name and set the size of the form, using .Name and .SetBounds to the MainForm class:
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# Create a Class to build a basic Form class MainForm(Form): def __init__(self, Owner): self.Caption = "Introduction to VCL Components" self.Name = "BaseForm" self.SetBounds(10, 10, 700, 650) |
The result:
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Note for beta release users
In practice, the only difference between DelphiVCL for Python release version and the beta version is only in how you write the DelphiVCL. Here is the example for how you import the library:
- Release version:
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from delphivcl import * |
- Beta version:
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from DelphiVCL import * |
Watch this comprehensive introduction to Python GUI Development with DelphiVCL library video by Jim McKeeth:
Also, watch the following webinar by Alexey Sharagin to Master the Secrets of Beautiful Modern Windows Apps:
Check out DelphiVCL which easily allows you to build GUIs for Windows using Python.
Check out Python4Delphi which easily allows you to build Python GUIs for Windows using Delphi.
References & further readings
[1] Embarcadero DocWiki. (2012).
Vcl.Forms.TForm. Embarcadero DocWiki. Embarcadero Technologies. docwiki.embarcadero.com/Libraries/Sydney/en/Vcl. Forms.TForm
