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:
See the responses in command prompt:
Here is the working example of the implementation of delphivcl.Form
to create a very basic form:
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:
The result:
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:
- Beta version:
Watch this comprehensive introduction to Python GUI Development with DelphiVCL library video by Jim McKeeth:
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References & further readings
[1] Embarcadero DocWiki. (2012).
Vcl.Forms.TForm
. Embarcadero DocWiki. Embarcadero Technologies. docwiki.embarcadero.com/Libraries/Sydney/en/Vcl. Forms.TForm