Saturday, May 10, 2008

DevExpress: Using DX Ribbon

1. Add a dxribbon component
2. Add Tabs as necessary such as Home, Appearance, Help etc
3. Within a Ribbon.tab, add groups as necessary
4. Use 2 cxImageList for small & large images
5. Add a dxBarManager and create toolbars for each of the Groups withing a Ribbon Tab

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Delphi Basics : What is the meaning of *.dsk, *.ddp,*.cfg, *.dof, *.res etc ?

Looking at your Project Folder, have you ever wondered what the following extensions mean ?

*.dpr
Delphi Project files, one per project

*.res
Delphi Resource files, one per project

*.pas
Delphi Source files before compiling

*.dfm
Delphi Forms

*.dcu
Delphi Compiled Units, after compiling *.pas

*.exe
Windows executable resulting after linking of *.dcu

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