I'm using TSizeCtrl by Angus Johnson, the latest(?) version from 2006 in D2010 -- works OK.

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I'm using TSizeCtrl by Angus Johnson, the latest(?) version from 2006 in D2010 -- works OK.

The app I'm working on has a small designer ala Delphi, but much more limited, so, my questions are:

- is there any other similar component(open source) that has more features available?
- anyone extended it and would like to share the code?

Comments

  1. Andrea RaimondiMarch 10, 2013 at 7:04 AM

    Dorin Duminica you can look at the JVCL - they have a complete set of design surface and inspector.

    What I do suggest, though, is that you keep the TSizeCtrl component for the actual design surface and use JVCL for the Object Inspector.
    What kind of enhancements are you looking for?

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  2. Dorin DuminicaMarch 10, 2013 at 7:11 AM

    the main thing that I'm interested in is passing the control that I want to highlight, i.e. I put components on a TCustomControl which itself sits in a TScrollBox, but I also add them to a TTreeView, what I'd like is to be able to select a control from the tree view and the "size btns" to highlight it automagically, now... I have the source, but my hope is to solve it quickly, worst case, I'll dig into the code, make changes and post them so others can test and give feedback, etc.

    I'd prefer not to use JVCL, it adds a lot of dependencies...

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  3. Andrea RaimondiMarch 10, 2013 at 7:13 AM

    Yeah I can hear you there :)
    An alternative could be the Greatis controls - they're not free but they're included in TMS Scripter Studio, too.
    I think they're worth checking.

    A

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  4. Dorin DuminicaMarch 10, 2013 at 7:19 AM

    Thank you, but I'd prefer sticking to free alternatives with short code.

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  5. Dorin DuminicaMarch 10, 2013 at 8:32 AM

    a modded version

    http://code.google.com/p/develstudio/source/browse/trunk/SizeControl.pas?spec=svn9&r=9

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  6. Aleksey TimohinMarch 10, 2013 at 8:58 AM

    +1 for JVCL.

    As well, you might find several Form Designer implementation (both free and paid) on torry.net.

    http://www.torry.net/quicksearchd.php?String=form+designer&Title=Yes

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  7. Dorin DuminicaMarch 10, 2013 at 9:20 AM

    Form Designer Component - WindowDesigner seems noice!!

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  8. Markus JoosMarch 11, 2013 at 1:19 AM

    I tried several components including the Jedi ones. What I finally found  beats them all: ExtLib (http://cc.embarcadero.com/item/18586). It might need a bit tweaking for modern Delphi versions, but it is the best Form Designer and Property Editor I found. With all due respect to Angus' work (He does an excellent job for the Graphics32 library), TSizeCtrl would need quite some work.

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