GuiProgramming

NormalizeAllTopMosts or DelphiVCL.Application.NormalizeAllTopMosts method makes forms that have been designated as topmost forms (their FormStyle is fsStayOnTop) behave as if they were not topmost forms. Use NormalizeAllTopMosts to allow a message box or dialog box that is displayed using the Windows API functions (such as MessageBox and MessageDlg) directly, appear on top of a topmost form.

What is DelphiVCL.Application.HookSynchronizeWakeup method? In this post, you’ll learn more about HookSynchronizeWakeup or DelphiVCL.Application.HookSynchronizeWakeup method assigns a method to the WakeMainThread variable. Applications rarely, if ever, call HookSynchronizeWakeup directly. HookSynchronizeWakeup is called from the TApplication or DelphiVCL.Application constructor to…

In this post, you’ll learn more about HintShortPause or DelphiVCL.Application.HintShortPause property is used to specify the time period to wait before bringing up a Hint if another Hint has already been shown. Use HintShortPause to reduce the flicker when moving the mouse quickly over a set of buttons that all have Help Hints on. Specify a HintShortPause value in milliseconds. The default…

In this post, you’ll learn more about InheritsFrom or DelphiVCL.Application.InheritsFrom method determines the relationship between two object types. Use InheritsFrom to determine whether a particular class type or object is an instance of a class or one of its descendants. InheritsFrom returns True if the object type specified in the aClass parameter is an ancestor of the object type or…