The search text was not getting passed to the findandreplace dialog correctly, this fixes it. Once a file is selected from the messageview window F3 will continue the search within the selected file.

Tanks. Applied.

A few questions. 1. I want to save the directory search paths that the user selects, should I extend the InputHistory class?

Yes.

2. On the dirsel dialog, I want to add folder images to the dialog, should I try and determine the icon that is being used by the user's current theme? If so is there somthing in Lazarus that already does this?

No.
Hmm. An interface function to retrieve some stock icons would be nice. But the set of icons vary very much.

Don't know.

4. Does FPC or Lazarus get a check from Amazon if I purchase a book off the link from the website?

Michael will know ..

Mattias

The search text was not getting passed to the findandreplace dialog correctly, this fixes it. Once a file is selected from the messageview window F3 will continue the search within the selected file.

A few questions.

1. I want to save the directory search paths that the user selects, should I extend the InputHistory class?

2. On the dirsel dialog, I want to add folder images to the dialog, should I try and determine the icon that is being used by the user's current theme? If so is there somthing in Lazarus that already does this?

3. Can anybody recomend a good Delphi book, foucs on the internals of the VCL? I have a copy of "Teach yourself Delphi in 21 days" that I bought before an interview, in a land far away and a long time ago. It came with a copy of the learning eddition of Delphi 1. I can't find the CD now though.

4. Does FPC or Lazarus get a check from Amazon if I purchase a book off the link from the website?

Bob

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Hi Bob,

Regarding books that have good VCL coverage, I would recommend the following :-

Delphi Component Design
Danny Thorpe
ISBN 0-201-46136-6
This book is fairly advanced and covers lots of fairly low level aspects of component design. I think Danny Thorpe worked on the Borland Delphi team at some stage. Very good book.

Developing Custom Delphi Components
Ray Konopka
ISBN 1-883577-47-0
Several editions. Not quite as in depth as the above book. Fits somewhere in between books like 'Delphi in 21 Days' and the previous book. A good book.

Another one is the Delphi Developer's Guide, which covers how to get around in Delphi development. It's breadth is great, but it's depth re: VCL is not so great. It is useful though.

Hope this helps somewhat.

Cheers
DC