TipHistory

Tips & Tricks history log

Here a list of all tips added to TD Wiki in chronological order.
Use this page to track newly added tips. Use the Recent changes link in the toolbox at the left to show all changes to the Wiki.

Date added	Article
18-01-2019	Parse .ini files
28-12-2018	cListView: custom sorting
26-12-2018	SQLite: free embedded database in TD applications
22-11-2018	cListView: set font at runtime
12-08-2018	GetObject in Team Developer: VBScript workaround
30-07-2018	Threads & events: thread synchronization
30-07-2018	External functions: structmember alignment on x64 (64 bit)
25-07-2018	Get memory information of the system
24-07-2018	Quricol QR code generator library
18-07-2018	Consume SOAP Webservices & REST/JSON using Microsoft XMLHTTP
07-11-2017	Windows Speech API: Text to Speech / Speech to Text
25-09-2017	External datatype reference & CStructEx library
04-09-2017	File version info: get TD version including build number
23-03-2017	Google Analytics & TD_applications
07-03-2017	(NEW) Team Developer/SqlBase/TD Mobile Community Forum. Connect to the community for valuable Q&A
17-01-2017	TDAppTools v2.2 - Support for ODBSal & extra SQL functions and several changes and fixes
21-12-2016	cQuickHTML & Webbrowser: using document compatibility modes (IE7..IE11)
16-11-2016	Registry Utilities Library v2.1 (x64)
28-10-2016	CPU limiter tool to simulate slow workstation
27-10-2016	TD x64: revised sample for TD 7.0 x64 to set the opacity and transparency color key of a window
18-10-2016	TDAppTools v2.1 - Break in source, message monitoring
17-10-2016	How to use OLEDB to access SQLBase from SQLServer
29-09-2016	TDAppTools v2.0 - Sql Monitor
19-09-2016	Click away TD IDE errors automatically during loading of backported sources
26-06-2016	Prevent window disable when modal dialog is created
25-01-2016	Addendum (in red) to SAL compression article: old 16Bit TD versions & compression-type
16-12-2015	Table vs Grid: performance overview
08-12-2015	How to check if files have equal contents
08-12-2015	Use fonts as application resource: icon font sample
25-11-2015	RACON.SQLWindows.UserInterface - UI enhancement library Version 3.0 (beta)
23-10-2015	TDAppTools - Gui Inspector
16-04-2015	Extended CDK library with missing items for TD 6.3
15-04-2015	RichText control (RTF) as borderless display field
02-04-2015	TD 6.3 released: information page
05-03-2015	TD IDE: Copy GUI objects with or without visual offset
18-12-2014	TD 6.1 SP4 and up: left aligned column checkboxes (CDK tool to change)
04-12-2014	cOutlineListBox: workaround for the ugly mousewheel-scroll visual effect
03-12-2014	cListView: keep selected item highlighted
25-11-2014	Including Attachments in Outlook Automation
29-10-2014	TD C-API archive: header and lib files for all TD versions in one package
07-10-2014	Team Developer startup batchfiles
04-10-2014	BackgroundText notifications: clickable labels
03-10-2014	WinApi declaration archive v1.09
05-08-2014	SalPause vs Sleep
11-03-2014	Known issue: cstruct 64K limitation (and workaround)
22-11-2013	Endianness in TD: Little-endian vs Big-endian
22-11-2013	Simulating a 'modal' form window
19-11-2013	How to prevent "Not responding" state on "heavy load" functions
19-11-2013	String<->Binary casting
01-11-2013	Using CDK to set an UDV (class) as return type
04-09-2013	How to insert Word/Excel objects into QRP reports
21-08-2013	Crypto library
25-07-2013	Registry Utilities Library (ANSI & UNICODE)
24-07-2013	SQLite Functional Class
18-07-2013	SalExtension: extra picture functions
18-07-2013	AssocQueryString : get associated application for file extension
18-07-2013	What about Receive objects (UDVs)?
16-07-2013	What are the initial values of variables in TD
15-07-2013	Using JScript with Team Developer : Google Maps demo
12-07-2013	Report Builder Enterprise setup (EDP)
12-07-2013	Report Builder error: can not find SQL.ini
07-07-2013	Table of external datatypes and byte sizes
07-07-2013	Validating Sql Handles
07-07-2013	The fast way counting rows in SQLBase tables
05-07-2013	A single function to get number of elements in any array
03-06-2013	Is application running on Windows 64 bit?
03-06-2013	Check existence of DLL functions at runtime
21-05-2013	Query and set Data Execution Prevention (DEP policy)
17-05-2013	Fast & smooth autoscroll multiline text appending
27-04-2013	How to enumerate environment variables
27-03-2013	Known issue: ActiveX libraries saved as text format loose event info
13-03-2013	Advanced file operations: copy, move, rename and delete
03-12-2012	Send message back to executable from a dynalib
16-11-2012	Tabbar: drilling down to child objects
14-11-2012	ShellRunAs: run programs under administrator or specific user rights
10-11-2012	Sal compression: detailed info
03-11-2012	WinApi32 Declaration Archive
01-11-2012	Fix backported sources when hang/crash on compile
01-11-2012	Microsoft Expression Encoder: free video screencapture tool
01-11-2012	ControlSpy: show and apply GUI object properties
31-10-2012	Automatically close messagebox: timed messages
31-10-2012	Get AccFrame window handle
30-10-2012	Convert (binary) buffer to formatted string: CryptBinaryToString
03-10-2012	ShellOpenWith : use default Windows dialog for unknown file extensions
11-07-2012	hWndFrame and messages: WM_SYSCOMMAND sample
18-06-2012	TD Profiling
29-05-2012	SAM_ContextMenu on multimonitor setups
21-05-2012	Team Developer ASCII API (using TDASCII)
17-04-2012	Use applets from Team Developer applications: Geogebra demo
13-04-2012	Evaluate/debug sql-statement bind variables
15-03-2012	ComProxyVar issue: IDE shows comproxy type but is not internally (+tool to find them)
27-02-2012	Detect system idle time
10-02-2012	TD 6.0 : Support for External Assemblies section in CDK
10-02-2012	Sample added for merging files using CDK (and TD6 version fix for symbol imports issue)
30-01-2012	Special folders
31-10-2011	Asynchronous throbber animations
14-10-2011	Recreate the PATH variable
07-10-2011	cCalendarDropDown multi-monitor fix
05-10-2011	Description of the RACON.SQLWindows.UI.ResourceManager component
30-09-2011	Description of the RACON.SQLWindows.UI.WindowTools component
26-09-2011	How to set popup-edit columns to read-only or to disabled state
09-09-2011	Force window on taskbar : new sample for windows having acccessories enabled
29-01-2011	New version DynalibChecker (v1.1)
26-11-2010	Using the Team Developer H/LIB files correctly
28-10-2010	Using NetUserGetGroups and NetUserGetLocalGroups
21-07-2010	ProfUIS283u_td.dll vs. ProfUIS283u-RDE.dll
24-06-2010	RACON.SQLWindows.UserInterface - UI enhancement library Version 2.0
28-03-2010	Incorrect display of formats in IDE or errors in format conversions at runtime
24-03-2010	How to prevent combobox dropdown
13-03-2010	Download link to Team Developer books on main page
18-02-2010	How to create a new GUID without using CDK
30-01-2010	List of features CDK does not offer
30-01-2010	Callback
26-01-2010	Locate Dynalib issues using DynalibChecker
26-11-2009	Menu Bar vs. Ribbon Bar under the hood
24-11-2009	How to generate a GUID
23-11-2009	Format date and time using GetDateFormat and GetTimeFormat
20-11-2009	How to get the value of environment variables
20-11-2009	How to set the value of environment variables
04-10-2009	SoapUI:Inspecting, invoking and testing WebServices (WSDL/REST)
30-09-2009	Debugger fails to perform "step-over"
29-09-2009	OutlineListbox/Combobox: item values -2 to -6 issue
23-09-2009	RACON SQLWindows UserInterface 1.7
25-08-2009	Winsock wrapper
07-07-2009	ReportWindows RoundUp formula
25-06-2009	How to use the Windows Timer (instead of SalTimer)
13-05-2009	Copy/Paste of ActiveX objects results in : ActiveX object creation failed
08-05-2009	Why are ported top-level windows bigger in TD versions starting from TD3.0
08-05-2009	How to force a window on the taskbar
08-05-2009	Application properties:Suppress tab stops and selection on non-editable datafields
09-04-2009	How to ignore invalid SSL certificates using MSXML
07-04-2009	Fast case-insensitive string comparison
04-04-2009	How to get the elapsed time since the application was started
30-03-2009	How to convert from one base to another (eg decimal to hexadecimal to binary)
19-03-2009	RACON.SQLWindows.UserInterface - UI enhancement library
05-03-2009	How to prevent window resize at top/bottom/left/right/corner locations
20-01-2009	Coexisting runtime versions
14-01-2009	How to (re)position windows on multi-monitor setups
04-01-2009	ResourcesExtract: link to tool website
22-12-2008	How to detect SysColors have changed (Sample showing GetSysColor and SetSysColors)
14-12-2008	Adding tooltips in TD projects using WinAPI_Tooltips module
12-12-2008	GDIView: link to tool website
08-12-2008	Dependency Walker: link to tool website
28-11-2008	Creating process tree using ToolHelp32 to get parent and child processes
24-11-2008	Team Object Manager: How to move files from one project to another
22-11-2008	Issue: can not open multiple TD instances
21-11-2008	Some suggestions for spy/monitoring tools added
21-11-2008	Free XML editor and viewer
17-11-2008	How to ignore/filter characters while typing field text
17-11-2008	How to check if a file is already opened
17-11-2008	How to set and get password display character
17-11-2008	How to force/set listbox horizontal scrollbar width
16-11-2008	How to start or stop windows services
10-11-2008	Where to get WinAPI declarations, constant values and structure layouts
10-11-2008	Workaround for issue : Formats/input masks do not work on dynalib top level windows
22-10-2008	How to prevent displaying scrollbars on top level windows
22-10-2008	How to change the tab order at runtime
22-10-2008	How to flush files using SalProfile functions
21-10-2008	How to get object attributes at runtime
21-10-2008	How to set a toplevel window topmost
21-10-2008	How to check at runtime, if a given string is a valid window template
29-09-2008	Porting to newer TeamDeveloper versions
25-09-2008	Tracing debug output to an external viewer
24-09-2008	MonthCalendar and DateTimePicker
24-09-2008	TrackBar
24-09-2008	Useful path functions
24-09-2008	How to delete a whole directory
19-09-2008	TD build application : KCS
19-09-2008	New page : Examples of real life applications build with SQLWindows Team Developer
17-09-2008	How to get the current Windows user
17-09-2008	How to determine if the current logged-in user is an admin
16-09-2008	Screen recording your application for demo's or (on-line) training videos
06-09-2008	How to format a number of bytes to a formatted string
06-09-2008	How to format a number of milliseconds to a formatted string
25-08-2008	How to set the opacity and transparency color key of a window
25-08-2008	How to bring up a window to the top of all applications programmatically
24-08-2008	How to send a message to the Application Actions section
23-08-2008	How to prevent a toplevel window stealing focus
31-07-2008	Open an empty email in the default email client
27-04-2008	Jump from implementation to declaration in IDE using F2
31-03-2008	How to merge an application using CDK
11-03-2008	How to build applications from command line
11-03-2008	How to get dynamically the type of a variable
13-02-2008	What message is send when a DropDown column item is selected (clicked)
13-02-2008	How to hide the window displayed in the taskbar when a column dropdown list is opened
06-02-2008	What are the errorcodes returned by VisFile functions
04-01-2008	Passing arrays in messages (any datatypes)
23-11-2007	How to detect that CTRL + SPACE was pressed within an graphical Object
09-11-2007	Sample vault
21-10-2007	Dynalibs:How to distinguish exports
12-10-2007	Why do old CDK tools fail to work on newer TD versions
07-10-2007	How to disable Windows themes on your application
04-10-2007	Dynalibs:Issue : case sensitive dynalib filenames
04-10-2007	Dynalibs:Issue : application crashes when it closes
04-10-2007	Dynalibs:Issue : SalCompileAndEvaluate: the performance of the build varies between each build of the dynalib
02-10-2007	How to place the cursor at a specific location in the text
02-10-2007	How to suspend an application for a specific interval
02-10-2007	Get the time which has elapsed since the system was started
02-10-2007	How to set all radiobuttons in the same group to FALSE
02-10-2007	How to make a scrollable but disabled multiline
27-09-2007	How to determine a window exists
27-09-2007	How to fill strings with a specific character
19-09-2007	How to determine dynalib filename
13-09-2007	Team Developer source version numbers
30-07-2007	How to get the toolbar window handle
30-07-2007	How to get the application runtime folder
27-07-2007	Newline representation
27-07-2007	High performance string fills
25-07-2007	TD Source Versions
15-07-2007	How to get the handle of the next child object on a top level window
15-07-2007	How to get the handles of static child objects like label text or group boxes
13-07-2007	How to set value using only the window handle of a checkbox
13-07-2007	How to set the checkbox text at the left
17-03-2007	What is a boolean in TD
17-03-2007	How to determine the column types of a table
11-03-2007	How to detect/suppress system commands from a window (minimise, maximise, close etc)
05-03-2007	How are expressions evaluated
05-03-2007	How to define and use a newline in strings
05-03-2007	How to remove the checkbox from a cell
28-02-2007	How to strip elements from a DateTime
28-02-2007	How to detect GDI leaks
28-02-2007	How to combine two number to one and visaversa
28-02-2007	How to convert a number to string using prefixed zeros
28-02-2007	An alternative way to define a number in boolean expressions
28-02-2007	How to put trailing spaces in a string
28-02-2007	How to put prefix characters in a string
28-02-2007	An alternative way to define a string in boolean expressions
27-02-2007	How to drag a window without a caption
27-02-2007	How to disable internal TD error messages
27-02-2007	Undocumented SAL
21-02-2007	How to set the dropdown list width
21-02-2007	How to programatically open the dropdown list
21-02-2007	How to get the handles of the edit and list parts of a combobox
21-02-2007	How to set the vertical size of the dropdown list programatically
21-02-2007	How to set the height of the edit portion and list entries programatically
20-02-2007	How to detect mouse leaving a window
20-02-2007	How to detect left and right (double)clicks on a window
20-02-2007	How to clear data of an object
18-02-2007	How to copy one object (instance) to another