From the very first days of designing applications with Delphi I have lent much of my interface enhancements to things I have seen while using Applications or even the big behemoth, Windows itself. One of the coolest interface element that evoked a “How do I do that?” out of me was the ListBox addition and […]
Recently a major problem befell one of my bigger customers and I was at a loss as to the cause of this issue. Many different causes were thrown around and a few methods were used to eventually solve this problem. This article will describe the symptoms of the problem experienced and the method I used […]
Learn how to create a DLL file and use the Win32 API to gather information
After deciding it was time for me to explore the process of making a DLL file in Delphi, I started to think about where this might be applied. I decided a DLL would be the perfect solution to my problem. I needed the ability to create a system information utility that was reusable in Windows. A DLL as defined in the Delphi (v5) help files:
I have been out of the OEM pre-installation game for quite some time now so it’s hard sometimes to get access to new versions of OEM Microsoft product and have the time look them over. Recently, I was overjoyed to have access to the pre-load tools and disks for Windows Millennium Edition (supposedly the last in this line) and Windows 2000 Pro.
The following article describes the process of understanding the usefulness of the different Technologies that make up the core product called Windows DNA and the technical usefulness of these products. Microsoft seems to have won the fight to makes its products more obscure and unintelligible.