The ClassParent method or DelphiVCL.Application.ClassParent is used during Windows app development to return the type of the immediate ancestor of a class.
ClassParent returns the name of the parent class for an object instance or class reference. For TObject, ClassParent returns nil (Delphi) or NULL (C++).
Avoid using ClassParent in application code.
Let’s browse all the properties and…
The Components property or DelphiVCL.Application.Components in Windows app development is used to list all components owned by the component. Of then this is used to programmatically iterate through all the components on a form or panel in order to update them in some…
The DelphiVCL CleanupInstance method or DelphiVCL.Application.CleanupInstance is used to perform finalization on long strings, variants, and interface variables within a class.
Do not call CleanupInstance directly. CleanupInstance is called automatically when the object…
OnMinimize or DelphiVCL.Application.OnMinimize occurs when a Python GUI DelphiVCL application is minimized.
Write an OnMinimize event handler to perform special processing when the application is minimized. The application is minimized either because the user minimizes the main window or because of a call to the Minimize method. The Icon property determines the icon that represents the…
Python is an excellent language for the absolute beginner to pick up quickly and easily. Here I will present a quick overview of what six key points you should get familiar with when you have little to no programming experience. While there are many online courses, you can…
In the DelphiVCL Wiindows UI Toolkit TMonitorDefaultTo specifies which monitor to select when there is no match to the specified criteria.
TMonitorDefaultTo indicates which monitor should be used when the selection criteria do not match any of the monitors in the…
As a part of the DelphiVCL Windows UI Toolkit the DelphiVCL.Timer or TTimer is used to encapsulate the Windows API timer functions.
TTimer is used to simplify calling the Windows API timer functions SetTimer and KillTimer, and to simplify processing the WM_TIMER messages. Use one timer component for each timer in the application.
The execution of the timer occurs through its OnTimer event.
When performing development on Windows, the ComponentState property or DelphiVCL.Application.ComponentState is used to describe the current state of the component, indicating when a component needs to avoid certain actions.
ComponentState is a set of constants defined in…
When carrying out Windows development, use the CurrentHelpFile property or DelphiVCL.Application.CurrentHelpFile to indicate the current Help file.
You can read CurrentHelpFile to determine the name of the Help file that is currently used by the application when it…
The Action parameter in DelphiVCL is used to specify the action associated with the control when carrying out Windows development.
Action is the action object that is associated with the control. Actions allow an application to centralize the response to user commands. When control is associated with an action, the action determines the appropriate properties and events of the control (such as…
