Delphi Terrain

Scenario:

Different Projects require different sort of components. In business applications, for instance, you require a sober and elegant look and feel whereas in Multimedia applications and games you require quite a different look and feel.

Problem:

In the beginning it is not a big problem, but as you continue building different projects, the list of components on your toolbar palette continues to grow, till you start to re-think about adding/removing libraries according to your project requirements . But again problem arises when you require a control from AHM and second from ABC and third from AMD. Now the problem is that each of these libraries come with no less than 150 controls each.

Solution:

While it sounds great to have so many controls at your hand at once. It'd be easier and manageable, if you had only a handfull of components that can adopt to your requirements depending on the properties set by you. This is exactly what I'll be trying to achieve in my library. First of such componenets is TACTIVEBITBTN. This component changes its look and feel depending on the properties set by you. This component is a freeware, but without source code. And available only for Delphi 3. Registered users will also get a Delphi 4 version

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/5314/tsflib.zip

You may achieve following look and feel by simply setting style property of the component.

Registration:

Source code may be registered at $15/- only. Upon registeration you'll get the source code for this component and a free update once the final version is released.

Future:

Keep coming back to this site for further updates as a number of other components are under development, in order to achieve same goal with other components. So you'll see some more innovative controls in next few weeks.