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The Tomes of Delphi 3: Win32 Graphical API
(Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.)
Author(s): Ayres, Bowden, Diehl, Dorcas, Harrison, Mathes, Reza & Tobin
ISBN: 1556226101
Publication Date: 03/01/98
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Introduction
Foreword
About the Authors
Chapter 1—Delphi and the Windows API
The Windows API Versus the VCL
Windows Data Types
Handles
Constants
Strings
Importing Windows Functions
Incorrectly Imported Functions
Callback Functions
Function Parameters
Unicode
Chapter 2—Graphical Device Interface Functions
Device Independence
Device Contexts
Device Context Types
Screen, Window, and Client Area Device Contexts
Coordinate Systems
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Mapping Logical Coordinates into Device Coordinates
Mapping Modes
Problems with Logical Coordinate Mapping
Graphical Device Interface Functions
ChangeDisplaySettings
ClientToScreen
CreateCompatibleDC
DeleteDC
DPtoLP
EnumDisplaySettings
GetDC
GetDCOrgEx
GetDeviceCaps
GetMapMode
GetSystemMetrics
GetViewportExtEx
GetViewportOrgEx
GetWindowDC
GetWindowExtEx
GetWindowOrgEx
LPtoDP
MapWindowPoints
OffsetViewportOrgEx
OffsetWindowOrgEx
ReleaseDC
RestoreDC
SaveDC
ScaleViewportExtEx
ScaleWindowExtEx
ScreenToClient
ScrollDC
SetMapMode
SetViewportExtEx
SetViewportOrgEx
SetWindowExtEx
SetWindowOrgEx
Chapter 3—Painting and Drawing Functions
Graphical Objects
Pens and Brushes
Painting and Drawing Functions
Arc
BeginPaint
Chord
CreateBrushIndirect
CreateHatchBrush
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CreatePatternBrush
CreatePen
CreatePenIndirect
CreateSolidBrush
DeleteObject
DrawCaption
DrawEdge
DrawFocusRect
DrawFrameControl
DrawState
Ellipse
EndPaint
EnumObjects
ExtCreatePen
ExtFloodFill
FillPath
FillRect
FillRgn
FrameRect
FrameRgn
GetBkColor
GetBkMode
GetBoundsRect
GetBrushOrgEx
GetCurrentObject
GetCurrentPositionEx
GetMiterLimit
GetObject
GetObjectType
GetPixel
GetPolyFillMode
GetROP2
GetStockObject
GetUpdateRect
GetUpdateRgn
GrayString
InvalidateRect
InvalidateRgn
LineDDA
LineTo
LockWindowUpdate
MoveToEx
PaintDesktop
PaintRgn
Pie
PolyBezier
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PolyBezierTo
Polygon
Polyline
PolylineTo
PolyPolygon
PolyPolyline
Rectangle
RoundRect
SelectObject
SetBkColor
SetBkMode
SetBoundsRect
SetBrushOrgEx
SetMiterLimit
SetPixel
SetPixelV
SetPolyFillMode
SetROP2
StrokeAndFillPath
StrokePath
Chapter 4—Region and Path Functions
Regions and Paths
Regions
Paths
Special Effects
Region and Path Functions
AbortPath
BeginPath
CloseFigure
CombineRgn
CopyRect
CreateEllipticRgn
CreateEllipticRgnIndirect
CreatePolygonRgn
CreatePolygonRgn
CreateRectRgn
CreateRectRgnIndirect
CreateRoundRectRgn
EndPath
EqualRect
EqualRgn
ExcludeClipRect
ExtCreateRegion
ExtSelectClipRgn
FlattenPath
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GetClipBox
GetClipRgn
GetPath
GetRegionData
GetRgnBox
InflateRect
IntersectRect
InvertRect
InvertRgn
IsRectEmpty
OffsetClipRgn
OffsetRect
OffsetRgn
PathToRegion
PtInRect
PtInRegion
PtVisible
RectInRegion
RectVisible
SelectClipPath
SelectClipRgn
SetRect
SetRectEmpty
SetRectRgn
SetWindowRgn
SubtractRect
UnionRect
WidenPath
Chapter 5—Bitmap and Metafile Functions
Bitmaps
Device-Dependent Bitmaps
Device-Independent Bitmaps
Bitmap Operations
Metafiles
Enhanced Metafiles
Bitmap and Metafile Functions
BitBlt
CloseEnhMetaFile
CopyEnhMetaFile
CopyImage
CreateBitmap
CreateBitmapIndirect
CreateCompatibleBitmap
CreateDIBitmap
CreateDIBSection
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CreateEnhMetaFile
DeleteEnhMetaFile
EnumEnhMetaFile
GetBitmapBits
GetBitmapDimensionEx
GetDIBits
GetEnhMetaFile
GetEnhMetaFileDescription
GetEnhMetaFileHeader
GetStretchBltMode
LoadBitmap
LoadImage
PatBlt
PlayEnhMetaFile
PlayEnhMetaFileRecord
SetBitmapBits
SetBitmapDimensionEx
SetDIBits
SetDIBitsToDevice
SetStretchBltMode
StretchBlt
StretchDIBits
Chapter 6—Icon, Cursor, and Caret Functions
Carets
Icon and Cursor Masks
Icon to Bitmap Conversion
Icon, Cursor, and Caret Functions
CopyIcon
CreateCaret
CreateCursor
CreateIcon
CreateIconFromResource
CreateIconFromResourceEx
CreateIconIndirect
DestroyCaret
DestroyCursor
DestroyIcon
DrawIcon
DrawIconEx
ExtractAssociatedIcon
ExtractIcon.Pas
ExtractIconE
GetCursor
GetIconInfo
HideCaret
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LoadCursor
LoadCursorFromFile
LoadIcon
LookupIconIdFromDirectory(
LookupIconIdFromDirectoryEx
SetCursor
SetSystemCursor
ShowCaret
ShowCursor
Chapter 7—Palette Functions
The Windows Palette Manager
Identity Palettes
Color Specifiers
Palette Functions
AnimatePalette
CreateHalftonePalette
CreatePalette
GetBValue
GetDIBColorTable
GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries
GetGValue
GetNearestColor
GetNearestPaletteIndex
GetPaletteEntries
GetRValue
GetSysColor
GetSystemPaletteEntries
GetSystemPaletteUse
PaletteIndex
PaletteRGB
RealizePalette
ResizePalette
RGB
SelectPalette
SetDIBColorTable
SetPaletteEntries
SetSysColors
SetSystemPaletteUse
Chapter 8—Text Output Functions
Fonts
Font Families
Character Sets
Character Dimensions
The Windows Font Table
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Font Embedding
Text Output Functions
AddFontResource
CreateFont
CreateFontIndirect
CreateScalableFontResource
DrawText
DrawTextEx
EnumFontFamilies
EnumFontFamiliesEx
GetCharABCWidths
GetCharWidth
GetFontData
GetGlyphOutline
GetKerningPairs
GetOutlineTextMetrics
GetRasterizerCaps
GetTabbedTextExtent
GetTextAlign
GetTextCharacterExtra
GetTextColor
GetTextExtentExPoint
GetTextExtentPoint32
GetTextFace
GetTextMetrics
RemoveFontResource
SetTextAlign
SetTextCharacterExtra
SetTextColor
SetTextJustification
TabbedTextOut
TextOut
Chapter 9—Resource Functions
Creating Resources
Resource Names and Types
Binding Resources
Using Resources
User-Defined Resources
Resource Functions
EnumResourceLanguages
EnumResourceNames
EnumResourceTypes
FindResource
FindResourceEx
LoadResource
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LoadString
LockResource
MakeIntResource
SizeofResource
Chapter 10—Window Movement Functions
Z-order
Special Effects
Window Movement Functions
AdjustWindowRect
AdjustWindowRectEx
BeginDeferWindowPos
BringWindowToTop
CascadeWindows
CloseWindow
DeferWindowPos
EndDeferWindowPos
GetWindowPlacement
MoveWindow
OpenIcon
SetWindowPlacement
SetWindowPos
ShowOwnedPopups
ShowWindow Windows.Pas
ShowWindowAsync
TileWindows
Chapter 11—Shell Functions
File-based Applications
Item Identifier Lists
The Application Bar
Shell Functions
DragAcceptFiles
DragFinish
DragQueryFile
DragQueryPoint
FindExecutable
SHAddToRecentDocs ShlObj.Pas
SHAppBarMessage
SHBrowseForFolder ShlObj.Pas
ShellAbout
ShellExecute
ShellExecuteEx
Shell_NotifyIcon
SHFileOperation
SHFreeNameMappings
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SHGetFileInfo
SHGetPathFromIDList ShlObj.Pas
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation ShlObj.Pas
Chapter 12—Menu Functions
General Menu Information
The System Menu
Pop-up Menus
Owner-drawn Menus
Menu Functions
AppendMenu
CheckMenuItem;
CheckMenuRadioItem;
Return Value
CreateMenu;
CreatePopupMenu;
DeleteMenu;
Parameters
Return Value
Example
DestroyMenu;
EnableMenuItem;
GetMenu;
Parameters
GetMenuDefaultItem;
GetMenuItemCount;
GetMenuItemID;
GetMenuItemInfo;
GetMenuItemRect;
Parameters
GetMenuState;
GetMenuString;
GetSubMenu;
GetSystemMenu;
HiliteMenuItem;
InsertMenu;
InsertMenuItem;
IsMenu;
ModifyMenu;
RemoveMenu;
SetMenu;
SetMenuDefaultItem;
SetMenuItemBitmaps;
Return Value
SetMenuItemInfo;
TrackPopupMenu;
Description:Is this a tome? I was expecting deep subject coverage. What we have instead is a reproduction of the API docs. Does that a tome make? I think not. What's missing? Complex examples. Real-world examples (who creates windows with API calls when we have TForm?). Undocumented insights behind the APIs --
