VCL - Tips & Tricks (February 2020)

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

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ExpressQuantumGrid Suite

• How to modify text of the Chart View's abscissa axis without affecting hint text
• How to conditionally avoid storing column properties
• How to synchronize the column order of two views

ExpressPivotGrid Suite

• How to customize group captions

ExpressQuantumTreeList Suite

• What's the difference between the VisibleCount and AbsoluteVisibleCount properties

ExpressBars Suite

• How to create a toolbar application menu and populate it at runtime
• How to merge ribbons when using tabbed MDI layouts

ExpressLayout Control

• How to modify margins/padding
• How to display different hints for different tabs within a tabbed layout group

ExpressSpreadSheet

• How to visualize the progress of formula calculations

ExpressScheduler Suite

• How to store and restore recurring holidays

ExpressRichEdit Control

• How to hide all inner borders and show borders for required rows/cells in a table programmatically
• How to insert content at the start of the document

ExpressEditors Library

• How to access the multiline editor in the dropdown window of the TcxBlobEdit control

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