If you want to know how many bytes of memory is using your process, here is simple example. Continue Reading »

Hints are everywhere. Almost every GUI element in Windows can be “hinted”. When user hover mouse over element, small yellow bubble with help text pops up. Is it possible to change hint “window” behavior? Of course… Continue Reading »

To change background color of ListView items, you need to write your own OnCustomDrawItem event handler. Continue Reading »

Colored lines in listbox are more user-friendly and easy to read. Here is how to do it… Continue Reading »

Using GetTempFileName, we can create a unique name for temporary file. It’s useful when your application is using temporary files and you want to save them into default TEMP folder and use a “random” filename. Continue Reading »

To get full path to application associated with any file type, we need standard ShellAPI unit and the rest will do the FindExecutable function. Continue Reading »

To search for a specific substring within any type of file, we can use this rather complex function. Continue Reading »

When you minimize modal window, this window is “hidden” behind (or below) application main form. Using this simple trick, we can minimize also the main application window together with modal “child” window. Continue Reading »

Using GetSystemMetrics function, we can detect how the system is started. Continue Reading »

This simple function will return name of currently logged in user. Continue Reading »