VCL - Tips & Tricks (October 2019)

We’ve compiled a short list of interesting VCL-related support tickets we answered in October. Hopefully, you’ll find them of value and can integrate our suggestions in your next Delphi projects.

If you’d like to share a VCL-related support ticket with the DevExpress developer community, please feel free to a post a link below.

Performance Related Support Tickets

• How to improve the performance of the DevExpress VCL Scheduler control (T827821)

VCL Common

• TdxTabbedMDIManager - How to change the background color of the Tab (T826129)

ExpressLibrary

• TcxImageList - How to change the size of all SVG images in a TcxImageList in code instead of using the ImageList dialog (T825366)

ExpressEditors Library

• TcxDateEdit - How to change the popup calendar's time format (T821467)
• How to create an Alert Window that cannot be closed (T828543)
• QRCode - How to paint an image inside the code area (T825304)
• How to increase text indents of the TcxTextEdit and TcxMemo editors (T825545)

ExpressSkins Library

• How to specify the popup menu item text color for its "hot" state (T826104)

ExpressQuantumGrid Suite

• How to obtain coordinates of a clicked region within a cell (T821234)
• How to enable the Update button of the Edit Form in Unbound Table Views (T823336)
• How to create a descendant of the Table View and modify default indents (T822539)

ExpressPivotGrid Suite

• How to modify display texts in Rows and Columns (T825805)

ExpressQuantumTreeList Suite

• How to populate a TcxTreeList from values in an array (T826159)

ExpressScheduler Suite

• How to find target events during drag and drop operations (T821452)

ExpressPrinting System

• How to obtain the PDF Viewer's print preview form and modify it (T821458)

Your Feedback Counts

In a few short weeks, we will publish our initial 2020 Roadmap for our VCL UI Components and Libraries. Your feedback will help us fine tune our plans for 2020. In the meantime, should you have specific suggestions for this blog, please comment below.

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