BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Cool idea, but not sure how to do it...          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi OpenToolsAPI View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message David Saracini Guest Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:46 am    Post subject: Cool idea, but not sure how to do it... I recently started a new job. The company's existing application is very large (well over a 100 forms) and I'm having a problems navigating around it (just finding the correct form is difficult sometimes). I was thinking that it would be really nice if I could embed in the base form class some code to possibly broadcast a custom message on a given key stroke (eg. Ctrl+Alt+B) and have Delphi (note: I'm using BDS2006) open and display the form. Has anyone ever done anything like this? I've written a few little OTA things before but never anything that was responding to another process. TIA, David Saracini Back to top Hannes Danzl[NDD] Guest Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:35 am    Post subject: Re: Cool idea, but not sure how to do it... David Saracini wrote: Quote: I recently started a new job. The company's existing application is very large (well over a 100 forms) and I'm having a problems navigating around it (just finding the correct form is difficult sometimes). I was thinking that it would be really nice if I could embed in the base form class some code to possibly broadcast a custom message on a given key stroke (eg. Ctrl+Alt+B) and have Delphi (note: I'm using BDS2006) open and display the form. Has anyone ever done anything like this? I've written a few little OTA things before but never anything that was responding to another process. You can get the unitname via rtti so all you need is to add a small unit that installs a global keyboard hook in the initialization. the hook then looks for the key combination if found check that Screen.ActiveCustomForm<>nil and then use GetTypeData(Screen.ActiveCustomForm.ClassInfo)^.UnitName) to get the unitname which you can broadcast. Write a small plugin for the IDE that listens for the broadcast if it occurs iterate through the current projects path (and env path) and look for the unit. open it. probably a matter of 30 minutes to write :) -- Hannes Danzl [NexusDB Developer] Newsgroup archive at http://www.tamaracka.com/search.htm Back to top JED Guest Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool idea, but not sure how to do it... David Saracini wrote: Quote: I recently started a new job. The company's existing application is very large (well over a 100 forms) and I'm having a problems navigating around it (just finding the correct form is difficult sometimes). Hi David, This might be of assistance. http://www.jed-software.com/vf.htm http://www.jed-software.com/vf_screen.htm Disclaimer: I wrote it cheers, Jeremy -- Compact Framework for Delphi 2006: http://www.jed-software.com/cf.htm QualityCentral Windows Client: http://www.jed-software.com/qc.htm Visual Forms IDE Add In: http://www.jed-software.com/vf.htm Back to top David Saracini Guest Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool idea, but not sure how to do it... Yep... this is pretty much exactly what I'm thinking about doing. My main questions are related to the "listening" part. Well I be able to receive custom windows messages? Or will I need to do something else? Quote: You can get the unitname via rtti so all you need is to add a small unit that installs a global keyboard hook in the initialization. the hook then looks for the key combination if found check that Screen.ActiveCustomForm<>nil and then use GetTypeData(Screen.ActiveCustomForm.ClassInfo)^.UnitName) to get the unitname which you can broadcast. Write a small plugin for the IDE that listens for the broadcast if it occurs iterate through the current projects path (and env path) and look for the unit. open it. probably a matter of 30 minutes to write :) -- Hannes Danzl [NexusDB Developer] Newsgroup archive at http://www.tamaracka.com/search.htm Back to top Thomas Mueller Guest Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:52 am    Post subject: Re: Cool idea, but not sure how to do it... Hi, David Saracini wrote: Quote: Yep... this is pretty much exactly what I'm thinking about doing. My main questions are related to the "listening" part. Well I be able to receive custom windows messages? Or will I need to do something else? I would try a very simplistic approach first: Write the filename to a file and have an IDE plugin check for this file periodically (or maybe better when you click its menu) and open the form if it can find it. If that works you can try to improve the communication. MfG twm Back to top David Saracini Guest Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:03 am    Post subject: Re: Cool idea, but not sure how to do it... Hi Thomas... Thanks for the reply. Simplier is always better! Actually, you gave me an idea. I think I might do what you are saying, but with a memory mapped file. That would make it a little nicer. Thanks. Dave Quote: I would try a very simplistic approach first: Write the filename to a file and have an IDE plugin check for this file periodically (or maybe better when you click its menu) and open the form if it can find it. If that works you can try to improve the communication. 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