For many, learning to create an application seems out of reach. When I’m trying to understand something, it can be good just to start and explore. This guide will show you the basics of building a Windows program; from downloading the free development tools to coding a basic application, to testing it. There are many tools, languages, and environments from which to develop, but if you just wanted to get started with something simple – this is a good place to start.
While the work has been sometimes laborious to get this blog finished and ready to view, one of the more difficult things was to get the details right in the <TITLE> tag. Many of the snippets of code out there suggest using various separators and little tricks to determine if the user is at the home page. What […]
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: