Delphi4 quick start

Reader Tips......Page 0
Quick Start......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
Tables......Page 4
Where to find information......Page 5
Online Help......Page 6
Manual conventions......Page 8
Starting Delphi......Page 9
Placing components on a form......Page 10
Changing component appearance and behavior......Page 11
Editing code......Page 12
Navigating within your project......Page 13
Navigating within your code......Page 14
Getting help while coding......Page 15
Organizing the environment......Page 16
Debugging applications......Page 17
Storing objects as templates......Page 19
Project management tool......Page 21
Toolbars......Page 22
Getting help......Page 23
Starting a new application......Page 25
Adding objects to the form......Page 27
Accessing a database......Page 29
Adding support for a toolbar and a menu......Page 31
Adding a menu......Page 32
Adding a toolbar......Page 34
Displaying an image......Page 35
Final touches......Page 36
Hooking up an event handler......Page 37
Organizing your work area......Page 41
Organizing tools......Page 42
Organizing menus and toolbars......Page 44
Setting project options......Page 45
Specifying a default project......Page 46
Setting tool preferences......Page 47
Customizing the Component palette......Page 48
Rearranging the Component palette......Page 49
Adding ActiveX controls......Page 50
Customizing Delphi Help......Page 51
Delphi development environment......Page 53
Using the VCL......Page 54
Using components......Page 56
Designing menus......Page 57
Creating Windows GUI applications......Page 58
Handling exceptions......Page 59
Using database tools......Page 60
Editing existing database tables......Page 61
Understanding database application architecture......Page 62
Developing distributed applications......Page 63
Developing distributed applications using COM and MTS......Page 64
Using MTS with Delphi......Page 65
Deploying applications......Page 66
Building custom components......Page 67
A-E......Page 69
F-T......Page 70
U-W......Page 71