BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Newbie: What is the difference between a 'Form' & a 'Frame'          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Eddy Fontaine Guest Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:35 pm    Post subject: Newbie: What is the difference between a 'Form' & a 'Frame' Sounds stupid, I don't see much difference when i check properties...? Thanks ! Back to top Rob Kennedy Guest Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Newbie: What is the difference between a 'Form' & a 'Fra Eddy Fontaine wrote: Quote: Sounds stupid, I don't see much difference when i check properties...? The difference should be apparent once you try using them. Forms can stand by themselves. That's why a default project has a form and not a frame. Frames are like templates. Design a frame, attach event handlers for its contents, and then place instances of that frame elsewhere in your program. Frames were introduced in Delphi 5. Before that, people used forms to get the same "template" effect, but it was more complicated because they had to make the form stop acting like a standalone form, such as by hiding its title bar. -- Rob Back to top Eddy Guest Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Newbie: What is the difference between a 'Form' & a 'Fra Thanks Rob, I don't 'feel' the difference yet, but i will make some tests to figure out... Cheers, Eddy. "Rob Kennedy" <me3 (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Eddy Fontaine wrote: Sounds stupid, I don't see much difference when i check properties...? The difference should be apparent once you try using them. Forms can stand by themselves. That's why a default project has a form and not a frame. Frames are like templates. Design a frame, attach event handlers for its contents, and then place instances of that frame elsewhere in your program. Frames were introduced in Delphi 5. Before that, people used forms to get the same "template" effect, but it was more complicated because they had to make the form stop acting like a standalone form, such as by hiding its title bar. -- Rob Back to top Martin Harvey (Demon acco Guest Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Newbie: What is the difference between a 'Form' & a 'Fra On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:07:43 GMT, "Eddy" <eddy.fontaine (AT) pandora (DOT) be> wrote: Quote: Thanks Rob, I don't 'feel' the difference yet, but i will make some tests to figure out... It's rather similar to the distinction between a page and a frame in HTML... MH. Back to top Jamie Guest Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Newbie: What is the difference between a 'Form' & a 'Fra Eddy wrote: Quote: Thanks Rob, I don't 'feel' the difference yet, but i will make some tests to figure out... Cheers, Eddy. "Rob Kennedy" <me3 (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote in message news:35cme3F4igdhqU1 (AT) individual (DOT) net... Eddy Fontaine wrote: Sounds stupid, I don't see much difference when i check properties...? The difference should be apparent once you try using them. Forms can stand by themselves. That's why a default project has a form and not a frame. Frames are like templates. Design a frame, attach event handlers for its contents, and then place instances of that frame elsewhere in your program. Frames were introduced in Delphi 5. Before that, people used forms to get the same "template" effect, but it was more complicated because they had to make the form stop acting like a standalone form, such as by hiding its title bar. -- Rob a frame is just a form that uses your main form for example as the parent. the parent being the display surface. with this, you can get the same out in a frame as your would with a non-parent form. Title bar, enclosed client area etc.. the frames make it easier at design time to work with where as, it use to be that one would need to set the parent of a secondary form to that of the form they wished to see it on as a child control. etc.. Back to top Eddy Fontaine Guest Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Newbie: What is the difference between a 'Form' & a 'Fra Thanks to all your inputs ! Cheers, Eddy. 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