--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DAP00000 Date: 06/18/96 From: BRYAN SMITH Time: 10:55pm \/To: MATHEAS MANSSEN (Read 4 times) Subj: Format Write files On 14 Jun 96 Matheas Manssen said to All... MM> I'm searching for the format of Windows Write-files (*.wri). You can find this in Tom Swan's "Inside Windows File Formats", Sams Publishing, 1993. This book may be out of print, since I picked up a "remaindered" copy for about 1/4 the cover price. Sorry I can't give you the format here - it occupies over 30 pages in the book. Here's what the book covers ... .BMP, .ICO, .CUR, .FNT, .WMF, .CAL, .CRD, .CLP, .WRI, .GRP, .PIF, .EXE (Both executable files and executable file resources). --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Kingston, Canada (1:249/109.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DAP00001 Date: 06/18/96 From: ABB NAKLIE Time: 07:01pm \/To: STEVE BATSON (Read 4 times) Subj: Re: Divide by 0 Error -=> Quoting Steve Batson to Abb Naklie <=- Hi Steve, SB> Adding my 2 cents....I have been running Delphi 1.0 and 2.0 with SB> Windows 95 and have not had any problems...sounds like something is not SB> configured properly or maybe corrupted...have you tried reinstalling SB> Delphi 1? Yup. I even installed it on my other machine right next to me here (which doesn't have Window 95) - same thing - put anything on a form, hit the run button (or whatever you want to call it), hit Pause not close) and tada - divide by zero error. Oh well, I'll just have to learn to "close" a form and go back into design mode. Say, you never did tell me where the files for your book that I bought can be found on the Internet. I confess, I haven't really looked hard . Perhaps it's better this way (from a learning point of view - I can't cheat ). Take Care Abb ... My computer never locks u --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR] - JetMail v1.20 6 - Unregistered QWK Mail Door for Spitfire --- SFScan v2.00 * Origin: (1:246/89.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DAP00002 Date: 06/20/96 From: STEVEN READ Time: 01:37am \/To: PETER COLLIS (Read 3 times) Subj: Delphi ram requirements On 06-09-96 (20:02) PETER COLLIS wrote to EEF HARTMAN PC> -= Pete Replied to Eef Hartman about: Delphi RAM Requirements =- PC> G'day Eef PC> EH> Windows for Workgroups, on the other hand, only runs in 386 PC> EH> enhanced mode PC> or if you know the secret switch /D:T to put WFW311 into std mode. It can cause a lot of limitations. 1. Sound driver can't load. 2. Can't use a DOS window. So be careful about using this toggle. See ya, Steve --- InterEcho 1.18 * Origin: PC-Ohio PCBoard * Cleveland, OH * 216-381-3320 (1:157/200) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DAP00003 Date: 06/20/96 From: STEVEN READ Time: 01:37am \/To: PETER COLLIS (Read 3 times) Subj: Pascal books On 06-09-96 (19:37) PETER COLLIS wrote to GERARD GERRITSEN Pete, PC> -= Pete Replied to Gerard Gerritsen about: Pascal Books =- PC> Well from what i'm lead to believe Borland has an object pascal PC> for OS/2 so it struck me as strange that they hadn't taken the PC> extra step and released a Delphi for OS/2 Bum info ;>) Borland's Turbo Pascal was patched by an individual, not by Borland. Over the years the OS/2 users have tried to get Borland to make a Pascal version for them, but no dice. They even tried petitions, to no avail. Steve --- InterEcho 1.18 * Origin: PC-Ohio PCBoard * Cleveland, OH * 216-381-3320 (1:157/200) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DAQ00000 Date: 06/20/96 From: JEROEN PLUIMERS Time: 07:58am \/To: GEORGE DRAGICEVIC (Read 3 times) Subj: RegisterClasses Hello George! Monday June 10 1996 16:17, George Dragicevic wrote to All: GD> often get the error message on running "call to RegisterClass incorrect or GD> missing" Could someone please explain thiis error to me as I can find no GD> reference to this error anywhere. TIA. You have deleted the following line at the end of your source code: end. The error message is inappropriate and stems from the early Delphi days where this was not the only line at the end of a unit. Jeroen - jeroenp@dragons.nest.nl - [100013,1443] --- GEcho 1.01+ * Origin: Unrecoverable Application Error, Dave - HAL 9000 (2:280/206.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DAQ00001 Date: 06/17/96 From: FRANK MALCOLM Time: 09:11pm \/To: MATHEAS MANSSEN (Read 3 times) Subj: Format Write files Hi, Matheas. MM> I'm searching for the format of Windows Write-files (*.wri). Other ormats MM> of tekst files are also welcome (Word, WP). The file formats used by Windows' accessories are in the Delphi Help somewhere. Where? I don't know, I've accidentally browsed into them once, can't for the life of me find where. [later] Yes! Go into the API help, search for File formats. You get 8 or 10 (including *.WRI). Regards, fIM * * Okay, thinner thighs for everybody. --- * Origin: Pedants Inc. (3:711/934.24) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DAQ00002 Date: 06/18/96 From: FRANK MALCOLM Time: 08:19am \/To: JUSTIN MARQUEZ (Read 3 times) Subj: A question.... Hi, Justin. JM> In my Delphi applications, if I double-click on the little box in th JM> upper left corner of a form's window, the window closes, but not the JM> application itself. It still shows up in the "Task List", but I cannot JM> show it if I switch to it. I have provided controls which use the JM> Application.Terminate method to completely shut down the app, but the users JM> may decide to hit the little box instead of using my "Exit" buttons. JM> Is there a way to control how the application uses the built-in JM> window control box? That's incredible! It sure doesn't do that here - Delphi 1.0, what are you using? I can't even think how you would do that on purpose. Can you post a minimum program which demonstrates that behaviour? Regards, fIM. * * OS/2: Upgrades are free. Who would PAY for it anyway? --- * Origin: Pedants Inc. (3:711/934.24) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DAQ00003 Date: 06/17/96 From: PETER COLLIS Time: 10:39am \/To: YVES VAN HAL (Read 3 times) Subj: Pascal for OS/2 -= Pete Replied to Yves Van Hal about: Pascal Books =- G'day Yves > I'm not a OS/2 user myself but it seems to me OS/2 lacks easy to > use development tools. YVH> The good development tools for OS/2 exist, only thing is they YVH> are expensive. I had the occasion of attending a seminar on OO YVH> development where IBM showed their VisualAge tools. I must say YVH> these tools are quite understandable and easy to use. I had a YVH> go with the Smalltalk version of it and found myself doing some YVH> amazing stuff. The only real pitty is that they do not support YVH> a Pascal language derivate, but then again IBM would not be IBM YVH> ... ;-)) Looks like as with everything else IBM does they forget to tell anyone. IBM seem to really fall down on the promotion side of their products. -=Pete=- --- OMX/Blue Wave v2.12 * Origin: Gates of Hell (3:713/914.16) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DAQ00004 Date: 06/17/96 From: PETER COLLIS Time: 10:46am \/To: STUART FOX (Read 3 times) Subj: using functions/procedures from diff cod10:46:1606/17/96 -= Pete Replied to stuart fox about: using functions/procedures from diff code window =- G'day stuart PC> You have to add function/procedure profiles to the interface PC> section of the pas file. sf> Ah... thanks very much for that - it's now working properly. :-) sf> Although you didn't say it had to go after the uses line. :) Sorry i thought that sort of went without saying. PC> function myFunction(s:string): string; PC> procedure myProcedure(s:string); sf> I had that okily dokily, except I was (previously) adding it to sf> the wrong section - I was trying to copy some of methods the sf> examples used. Easily done, i'm fairly new to this Delphi thing myself. sf> Also, another question.. :) In the fmxutils.pas file (that sf> comes with delphi 1.0), everything works under Win 3.1, but as sf> soon as I compile it under NT, it doesn't like the sf> DeleteFile(FileName); sf> in the MoveFile() procedure; it complains that it is a PChar sf> type and not a string - funny thing is though, even if I declare sf> it as a String it still doesn't like it - the DeleteFile()'s sf> parameter is of string type (according to the online help). sf> Any ideas on this one? :) Sorry can't help you on that one, i'm just finding my way with Delphi too. -=Pete=- --- OMX/Blue Wave v2.12 * Origin: Gates of Hell (3:713/914.16) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: DAQ00005 Date: 06/18/96 From: STUART FOX Time: 03:19pm \/To: JUSTIN MARQUEZ (Read 3 times) Subj: A question.... * Replying to msg from Justin Marquez to All, on 15 Jun 96 13:00. JM> In my Delphi applications, if I double-click on the little box JM> in the upper left corner of a form's window, the window closes, but JM> not the application itself. It still shows up in the "Task List", JM> but I cannot show it if I switch to it. I have provided controls JM> which use the Application.Terminate method to completely shut down the JM> app, but the users may decide to hit the little box instead of using JM> my "Exit" buttons. You can add the Application.Terminate 'statement' to the OnClose event for the particular form. Ooroo, stuart --- * Origin: Fox in socks in box in Knox. Err.. well, not quite! 3:635/727.17)