Delphi programming utilities

Introduction

This page presents two programs that may be usefull in programming.

Keystroke

This program shows the code generated when a combination of keys is pressed.
The keydown event generates a (16 bit) word when a key is pressed.
The keyup event generates a word when a key is released.
The keypress event generates an 8 bit character code when a key is pressed.

Below is a picture of the program at work
Click on the download (lightning) logo below to load the program or the complete Delphi-3 project

download keystroke exe file

download keystroke project

Fonttest

This program shows how Windows renders a character on the screen.
Individual pixels are enlarged 10 times, to show the details.

Below is a picture of the program
The red dot has the (x,y) coordinates of the statement ....canvas.textout(x,y,......)
The transparent checkbox is equivalent to the statement ....canvas.brush.style := bsClear

Interesting (or shocking) may be the next picture, where italic is selected with transparent off.
The boundaries of the character as obtained with the statements
    ...canvas.textheight("f")
    ...canvas.textwidth("f")
are violated severily.
Click on the download logo's below to load the fonttest program or the complete Delphi-3 project

download fonttest exe file

download fonttest project