TTitleBarButton Component

Written by Chris Means (cmeans.at.intfar.dot.com)
(Updated Tuesday, July 01, 2003)

A Delphi component that puts a custom button on the title bar (caption area) of any form.

Description

Description

The TTitleBarButton Component for 32-bit Delphi (v2.x or v3.x), is the easiest and simplest way to provide context-sensitive help buttons on your forms, because absolutely no code is required, and it has none of the limitations of the biHelp BorderIcon style of a TForm.

With the TTitleBarButton Component, you can also add any number of your own custom buttons to the title bar (caption) area of any TForm. Each button has it's own OnClick event, and can have a custom System Menu item associated with it.

A Delphi v1.x version is currently in beta.

Features

Add any number of custom buttons
Change the button caption text
Change the Font
Paint your own image
Add a corresponding System Menu item (for keyboard equivalency)
Add a keyboard ShortCut
Place the button practically anywhere along the title bar area
Context-sensitive Help for the component integrated with the IDE
Demo application to help show the features and capabilities

Screen Shots

Delphi IDE (21.4KB)
TTitleBarButton at work in the Delphi v2.x IDE
Demo Application (12KB)
Shows-off the features of the TTitleBarButton in a running application

Pricing

Full component for $19.95 USD
Source code for $99.95 USD
Includes examples of...
How to handle the multiple subclassing of a single window
How to create System Menu items with ShortCuts (not handled by Delphi)
Painting outside the client area of a form
Responding to changes in the user environment settings
Implementing a TAboutPropertyEditor

How to buy

Send a check or money order for $19.95 USD for the component, or $99.95 USD for the full source code to:

Chris Means

intFAR Productions
1206 West Nelson St.
Chicago, IL 60657-4214
USA

In the near future, purchases can be done on-line via PsL, NetSales, or some other mechanism. The cost will be slightly more than if purchased directly.

Downloads

Part	Requirements	Description	File
Demo Application	Win95/NT	Exposes the basic properties of the TTitleBarButton Component, so that you can change them on the fly and see the results. The ZIP contains the EXE and a simple context-sensitive help file. (Does not require Delphi IDE.)	barbtnexe.zip (135KB)
Demo Application Project Source	Delphi 2.x IDE	Comprised of the source code for the Demo Application, and the demo version of the TTitleBarButton Component that will only run under the Delphi IDE.	barbtnprj.zip (56.1KB)
TTitleBarButton Component	Delphi 2.x IDE	Demo version, but fully functional, that will only run under the Delphi v2.x IDE.	barbtn2.zip (38.7KB)

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