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Session #11
Dockable Toolbars (There's a flash video that shows the docking in action.)During the first part of the session, I showed how you can undock a toolbar and create a floating toolbar. You can dock/undock on other forms in the application. This was done using a simple TToolBar object. I also showed how to put toolbars on a TCoolBar component which allowed you to rearrange the toolbars without necessarily undocking them. For more information, see Chapter 6 Working with controls in the Developer's Guide.
After the toolbar demonstration, I showed a simple way to play media files using the TMediaPlayer component, which is kind of a wrapper around Windows Media Player (an older version). There are much better media player components out there, but this was just a sample demonstration of how you might go about using one. For more information, see Chapter 10 Working with graphics and multimedia in the Developer's Guide.
Finally, I showed a few other components that can come in handy. TMaskedEdit allows you to create an input edit control that restricts the user's input. For example, if I want the user to type in a telephone number with an area code, this would be presented to the user:
Only numbers could be typed where the underscores are. This allows for consistent and normalized input. A date mask might look like this:(_ _ _) _ _ _ - _ _ _ _
On the Scrollbox and stuff page you can see a few other components that I talked about._ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _
Toolbar docking Video file Audio file ScrollBox and stuff
Exercises