			IDE Demo

This is part of realization of my dream :
  Realize the Object Inspector and Form Designer as that in Delphi IDE. This technology can be used to config applications in run-time.

  Now, I think I've got the spirit of the Delphi's Object Inspector and Form Designer.
  This demo shows what I've found out(in D4).


How to use Object Inspector :

-Press F11 to show the OI.
-Right click to show the popupmenu.
  In the popupmenu, you can set the font of OI, or set OI to   stayontop, or to choose the value of enum type property.
-Double click the right column of 'Font', then the font property's  editor will be actived to show a FontDialog.
-Any property editor can be used, since the mechanism of my OI is same  as the Delphi's.


How to use Form Designer:

-Click at one control to select it. Its properties will be shown in OI.
-Drag a rectangle on the form to select several controls. Their properties will be shown in OI. The group number of each control will be shown at the right-top corner.(as in game C&C)
-Drag the selected control(controls) to move it(them).
-Shift-Click to select multi controls.
-Click at the small grabhandle to resize the selected control
-Press Esc to cancle movement or resize-operation.
-Press Ctrl-Num to define Num# group(as in game C&C)
-Press Num key to select the Num# group(as in game C&C)
-Ctrl-Click select the same type controls with the same parent control.
-Design-time operation supported(for exam. adjust the column width of TGrid control)
-Double click the component to invoke the component editor(for exam.
  try the TPie control)
-Show Component Editor's PopupMenu Item( try TPie control)
-For Active X Controls, Double click & Popupmenu Items are supported.
(try Chartfx control shipped with D4)

If you find anything that is different from the Delphi, mail me.

Never mind to drop me a mail.

Author : Wei Bao
email : wei.bao@bj.col.com.cn
HomePage : www.nease.net/~baowei
Other works : Cool Debugger for Win32