Archive for the 'Windows' Category

07 Jun

Run application only once per windows-session

Using this simple tip, you can block your application to be executable only once per windows sessions. To run application again, Windows must be restarted before.

17 Feb

Own cool text cursor in Editbox

Standard text cursor is boring. What about replacing default vertical line with some cool shape?

21 Jan

Add own item to Internet Explorer Tools menu

If you want to add own items to Tools menu of Internet Explorer, it’s simple. All we have to do is to add some keys to Windows registry, therefore we must use Registry unit.

14 Jan

How to detect clipboard change

Detecting clipboard change is very similar to detecting system time change. We will detect WM_DRAWCLIPBOARD system message.

07 Jan

How to detect system time change

If the user changes the system time either with Date and Time properties dialog box or using command line, we can detect this by catching WM_TIMECHANGE system message. Here is how.

29 Sep

Get Process Memory Info

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

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29 Jul

Change font, size and style of hint

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…

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27 May

Get a unique name for temporary file

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.

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25 May

How to detect application associated with file

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

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07 May

How to minimize application with modal window

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.

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