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Hi, I need to insert strings into a TListBox with two characters that are a different color than the rest of the string. For instance, if my string is "abcdefg", I want to add it to the ListBox with the 'abc' and 'fg' as black and the 'de' as red. It doesn't necessarily have to be a TListBox...

Hi, I have a DBGrid (dbgMatch) that displays the values in a table with two fields: Name and MatchType. When I set the table to active, the grid fills with the data, as it should. I fill one listbox with the names and another listbox with the match types so I can use drag and drop directly...

Hi, My problem is I get the following message when I compile my code. Cannot create pre-compiled header; write failed The help file says that this occurs when the hard drive is full...I have 65GB available. I am using BCB6 on a WinXP machine. I have my settings to use pre-compiled headers...

Hi, I want to read the name of the typeface from a True Type file. Can anyone help me?

Hi, I am trying to write some graphics to an Enhanced Metafile (.emf) format file. I am using TMetafile and TMetafileCanvas to draw and save the graphics. Here is a snippet of my code that does this: void __fastcall TForm1::Button1Click(TObject *Sender) { mfCanvas = new...

I am new to component building and would like to create one that will draw a line at the bottom of the window then scroll up a few pixels and draw another line, etc. I think I can do this by deriving from a TScrollingWinControl, but I need a TCanvas control to draw on. Herein lies my problem...

I had to reinstall my Borland Builder 5.0. Now when I try to compile I get a dialog box asking for the path to the proide.bpi file. It is nowhere on my disk (proide.bpl is, though). Can someone tell me what this package is, where I can find it, and why it didn't install?

My LJ-4V is attached to my W2K Workstation and shared over the local network. Everything was working fine until yesterday when I tried to print from Pagemaker. When I print, the entire page is shifted a half inch to the right, clipping the text on the right side. I tried printing a document...

Hi, I have a PageControl that I am trying to send to a printer using the PaintTo() method. My problem is the page gets printed very small (about 1.5 x 1 inch). I now have considerably less hair trying to figure a way to scale the printed page to the size of the paper. Can anyone shed some...

Does anyone know how to change the font for the Office2K Help files? Mine are very small (almost 1 pixel characters) and really hard to read. I searched (almost) everywhere for an option to change the font, but to no avail. I'm going blind trying to read my help files (which I do a lot of lately).

Hi, I have two tables, each with a 'Remarks' field. Both tables are bound to sub-forms on my main form. Both sub-forms display multiple records. My screen space is limited, so I don't want/need to show the remarks for all the records displayed. I want to display only the remarks, in a text...

This is a two part question... I am writing a simple video viewer. I am using the TMediaPlayer component to play the videos. The first question is how can I change the playback speed of the file? I would think that if I changed the frames-per-second it would play faster or slower accordingly...

Hi, I am writing a simple video viewer. I am using the TMediaPlayer component to play the videos. I can open and play one or more files, but the panel I am using to display them is usually larger than the movie. I would like to allow the user to choose between original size, full panel, or...

I need to be able to save a numeric value over sessions, i.e., have the last value when I re-open my database. It is used for an auto incrementing field in a table. I can't use an autonumber field type because it has to be editable by the user. I tried the tag property in the form and it reads...

I found 'document relative' under Insert on the menu, and the help mentions root relative, but doesn't explain how to do it. Thanks in advance