in Delphi Graphics :: Here's an idea for your next application: create a "form picker" to let users easily select and navigate through open forms by displaying thumbnails of them all in a dialog window. Let's first see how to create a thumbnail of a form image.

Read the full article to learn how to Proportionally Resize an Image - Create Thumbnail Graphics.

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• Doing Screen Shots with Delphi
• How to "Pan" an Image inside a ScrollBox in Delphi
• How to Drag and Drop Image Files to a Timage (from Windows Explorer)

in TOP VCLs :: A selected collection of Delphi component sets to let you add skinning support to your Delphi applications. Applying a skin or a theme ("skinning") to the application changes its look and feel: graphical user interface.

Read the full article to learn how to Skin / Add Theme Support to your Delphi application

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• Windows XP Theme Support for Delphi
• Custom Shaped Delphi Forms
• Drawing a Focus Rectangle Around the Active Control

in Facebook :: Software programs should help people do their daily job. Maybe you have an application hosting TWebBrowser component allowing users to reach and browse their favorite web sites directly from your Delphi application.

Never mind the reason, if a user wants to permanently remove his/her Facebook account, you as a developer could help the user by making it easy for the user to reach the "Delete My Account" page.

Read the full article to learn how to Help Your Delphi Application Users Delete Their Facebook Account

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in Delphi MDI :: In an MDI application, more than one document or child window can be opened within a single parent window. What if you need to extract some data from the MDI child form being deactivated from the form being activated? You need to handle a special MDI Windows message: WM_MDIACTIVATE.

Read the full article to learn how to Implement OnActivate / OnDeactivate for MDI Child Forms - Get Previously Active.

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• Handling Windows Messages the Delphi way
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• Remove Delphi's MDI Child Form Title Bar